Bible verse for September 22

¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed these things to himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—swindlers, wrongdoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’ ¹³ But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even lift his eyes to heaven. Instead he beat his chest and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” ¹⁵ People were also bringing their babies to him so that he would touch them. When the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. ¹⁶ But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Read all of Luke 18