11. The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed: “I thank you God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or immoral, like everybody else; I thank you that I am not like that tax collector. 12 I fast two days every week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.’

13. “But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, ‘O God, have pity on me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you,” said Jesus, “this man, and not the other, was in the right with God when he went home. For everyone who makes himself great will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be made great.”

Jesus Blesses Little Children

15. Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. The disciples saw them and scolded them for doing so, 16 but Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Remember this! Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

The Rich Man

18. A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”

19. “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your mother.’”

21. The man replied, “Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.”

22. When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.” 23 But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.

24. Jesus saw that he was sad and said, “how hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God! 25 It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."

26. The people who heard him asked, “Who, then, can be saved?”

27. Jesus answered, “What is impossible for man is possible for God.”

STOOD APART BY HIMSELF AND PRAYED; SOME MANUSCRIPTS HAVE STOOD UP AND PRAYED TO HIMSELF.