Bible Quiz: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

1) Jesus told a parable of two men, a Pharisee and a tax collector, who went to the temple to pray. What was the Pharisee's prayer?

"God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector."

"Lord, here and now I will give half of my possessions to the poor!"

"God, be merciful to me, a sinner!"

"Lord, lead me not into temptation, but deliver me from evil."

2) What was the tax collector's prayer?

"God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector."

"Lord, here and now I will give half of my possessions to the poor!"

"God, be merciful to me, a sinner!"

"Lord, lead me not into temptation, but deliver me from evil."

3) Which of the men was justified - made righteous before God - by his prayer?

The Pharisee

The tax collector

both

neither

4) Which is the main lesson of the parable?

We should be persistent in prayer and never give up.

Humility is a virtue, but self-righteousness is a sin.

We should not judge others harshly, or God will judge us in the same way.

We should love even our enemies.