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These verses from the well-known story of the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the temple reveals the prayer that allows us to enter into a relationship with God.

. God I thank you that I am not like other peoplerobbers evildoers adulterersor. When Jesus said Matthew come follow me Matthew got up from the table and began following Jesus. Disciples of Jesus are people of persistent faith.

Tax collectors were often cheaters. Luke 189-12 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else Jesus told this parable. Jesus called others to follow him.

But Jesus knew that Matthew had a good heart. Two men went up to the temple to pray one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. Matthew was a tax collector in the town of CapernaumSome people thought that Matthew could never be like Jesus.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed. The parable of the persistent widow and unjust judge is similar to the parable of the persistent neighbor Luke 11510 another lesson in Jesus teachings on prayer.

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