03/22/2025
Luke 18:9-14 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Pastor Brett Peterson
In this parable, Jesus contrasts two men—a Pharisee and a tax collector—who go to the temple to pray. The Pharisee represents the religious elite, confident in his own righteousness, while the tax collector is a despised public sinner, aware of his unworthiness before God. Jesus tells this story to those who “trusted in themselves that […]