^{7 Ref} and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?

^{8 Ref} I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

^{9 Ref} And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

^{10 Ref} `Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

^{11 Ref} the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

^{12 Ref} I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess.

^{13 Ref} `And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

^{14 Ref} I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'