I’m still praying for those treats and you’re going to tell me another of Jesus’ Pair a Bulls?
I’m not finished with the last one yet. There sure are a lot of bulls around here.
If I listen do I get some treats?
What!? I’ve got to listen before I can have some treats?
Oh, all right.
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To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:
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I’m confident.
Is Jesus telling this to me?
What do you mean, if I listen I’ll find out?
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Jesus said, “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men – robbers, evildoers, adulterers – or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’”
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Wow, that guy thinks he’s pretty good.
I wonder if he’s nice to dogs.
I’m listening.
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“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’”
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I bet that guy feels bad because nobody likes tax collectors.
I’ll give him loves – if he gives me treats.
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Then Jesus said, “I tell you that this man – the tax collector – , rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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I’m the humblest dog around.
Now do I get my treats?
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