Jews had to pray three times a day and people would go to the temple for private prayer. The tax collector, on the other hand, put his head down and kept hitting himself to show how sorry he was.

Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 'Two ...

Yet while most of us can always use a lesson in humility, with this Lenten season halfway over, I wanted to spend time on the ...

The Pharisees saw Jesus as an enemy because his words went against their strict interpretations of the law, interpretations ...

“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and was praying ...