11The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: `God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12I fast twice in the week. I give tithes of all that I get.`
13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn`t even lift up as his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me, a sinner!`
14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
15They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16Jesus called them near, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don`t hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to ones like these.
17Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn`t receive the kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
