The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Parables | Week 4
Guest speaker Daniel Bunn preaches on the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.
MESSAGE NOTES
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Parables • March 19, 2023
Teacher: Daniel Bunn
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Luke 18:9-14 NIV
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Luke 18:15 NIV
People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
Luke 18:35-39 NIV
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Luke 22:24 NIV
A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.