The Tax Collector

Published: Aug. 18, 2024, 10 a.m.

"The Pharisee\u2019s trouble was that he was self-righteous, believing that he was righteous in himself. He was not, as we say, \u2018justified by faith\u2019, but by works\u2014his own works. He went to the temple to inform God how good he was, and thus went home unjustified." \u2014 John Stott, "The Message of the Sermon on the Mount.\u201d