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Pray with The tax collector

Unnamed, in a story Jesus told. Seven words, and he went home justified.

NTA man seen from behind in a head cloth, standing far back by a pillar in the temple court, head bowed, as the temple glows in the distanceThe tax collectorBut 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!’Luke 18:13 · ESVPeople of the Bible33 / 36

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Who prayed it
A tax collector, in a parable
Context
Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in their own righteousness and despised others (Luke 18:9). In it a Pharisee in the temple listed his fasting and tithes and thanked God he was not “even like this tax collector” (18:10-⁠12).
  1. Read how the tax collector prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
  2. Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
  3. Read the verses that name the tax collector, further down this page.

Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.

Every verse that names The tax collector · English Standard Version

Where The tax collector appears

The tax collector in the Bible

Chapter and verse, book by book.

Scripture does not give this person a name, so there is no list of verses to count. The whole story is in Luke 18:13.

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