¹⁰Duo homines ascenderunt in templum ut orarent: unus pharisæus et alter publicanus. ¹¹Pharisæus stans, hæc apud se orabat: Deus, gratias ago tibi, quia non sum sicut ceteri hominum: raptores, injusti, adulteri, velut etiam hic publicanus: ¹²jejuno bis in sabbato, decimas do omnium quæ possideo. ¹³Et publicanus a longe stans, nolebat nec oculos ad cælum levare: sed percutiebat pectus suum, dicens: Deus propitius esto mihi peccatori. ¹⁴Dico vobis, descendit hic justificatus in domum suam ab illo: quia omnis qui se exaltat, humiliabitur, et qui se humiliat, exaltabitur.

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Luke 18:13–14: 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!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other…

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