He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ ...
''He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain...
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who...
... so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what...