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CHRISTUS. / Two men went up into the temple to pray. / The one was a self-righteous Pharisee, / The other a Publican. And the Pharisee / Stood and prayed thus within himself: O God, / I thank thee I am not as other men, / Extortioners, unjust, adulterers, / Or even as this Publican. I fast / Twice in the week, and also I give tithes / Of all that I possess! The Publican, / Standing afar off, would not lift so much / Even as his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, / Saying: God be merciful to me a sinner! / I tell you that this man went to his house / More justified than the other. Every one / That doth exalt himself shall be abased, / And he that humbleth himself shall be exalted!
CHILDREN, among themselves. / Let us go nearer! He is telling stories! / Let us go listen to them.