13 “But the tax collector, standing far off,(A) would not even raise his eyes to heaven(B) but kept striking his chest(C) and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me,[a](D) a sinner!’ (E) 14 I tell you, this one went down to his house justified(F) rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”(G)

Blessing the Children

15 People(H) were bringing infants to him so that he might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:13 Or God, turn your wrath from me

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