School of the Word
Parables of Jesus For Today 5/6: The Pharisee and Tax Collector
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Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else, 'Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, "I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like everyone else, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here.
I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get.
"The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner."
This man, I tell you, went home again justified; the other did not. For everyone who raises himself up will be humbled, but anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.’ Lk 18:9-14
‘Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Give, and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap; because the standard you use will be the standard used for you.’ Lk 6:37-38
Yahweh said to Samuel, ' God does not see as human beings see; they look at appearances, but Yahweh looks at the heart.’ 1Sam 16:7
//Reflections
1. From this parable, what is the Word of God for me today?
2. Do we realize how significant/valuable are the gifts that we have received from God?
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