Tax collector

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The Pharisee and the Publican, by Robert T. Barrett

In today’s sermon we come to a familiar parable commonly referred to as “The Pharisee and the Publican”. In this parable Jesus speaks to those “who trusted in themselves that they were righteous a…

In this chapter, Jesus tells the parable of the tax collector to those who were use and narcissistic. In the parable, two people went up to the temple area to pray. One person was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee was thanking God that he was not like everyone else, greedy. The tax collector just asked god for mercy because he is a sinner.

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Saturday of the Third Week of Lent. The reading is from Gospel of Luke 18:9-14 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector – Luke 18:9-14 He then addressed this parable to those who we…

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Lucio Massari, Saint Matthew (Rome: Church of St. Mary Immaculate on the Via Veneto) O God, who with untold mercy were pleased to choose as an Apostle Saint Matthew, the tax collector, grant that, sustained by his example and intercession, we may merit to hold firm in following you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. * * * THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Scholars remain undecided about several aspects…