This week's lesson also discusses prayer. We have been talking a lot about prayer, it seems, in these lessons.
This week's characters are 1. A Pharisee
2. A Publican or tax collector as the New International Version
describes him. The older term comes from the Latin publicanus
which meant public servant.
We know a lot about the Pharisees. They were those "separated ones" who were religious leaders in Israel and appear frequently in the Gospels.
Tax collectors were reviled by the Pharisees because they worked for the Roman Empire. They collected taxes and made their living by taking more than they should and extorting the Jewish people.
Which group would you rather identify with in this parable?
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