Figurative aspects
What does the Pharisee represent?
Someone who thinks they are better than others
Why Jesus told the parable
What is people were self-righteous and trusted in themselves
Did the Pharisee ever learn his lesson?
No
What was the tax collectors Job?
He collected taxes from people.
What is the main lesson of the parable.
Be humble instead of proud.
What does the tax collector represent?
Someone who admits their sins and asks God for mercy.
Who did he tell it to?
People who thought that their actions made them righteous
Where did the pharisee go to pray?
The temple
How did he act while praying?
He stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven.
Should we judge others as worse as ourselves?
What does the Pharisee's prayer show?
Pride and thinking he is better than others.
What did Jesus say about the tax collector?
He went home justified before God.
What good things did the pharisee say he did?
Fasted twice a week and gave a tenth of his income.
What did he ask God to do?
Have mercy on him, because he is a sinner.
Why did God accept the tax collecters prayer but not the pharisee?
Because the tax collector was humble, admitted his sins, instead of boasting, and only worrying about his possessions.
What does the tax collector's prayer show?
Humility and repentance.
What did Jesus say happens to people who exalt themselves?
They will be humbled.
Why did the pharisee have so much attitude?
He was proud and judged other people.
Why did he ask for mercy.
He recognized that he was a sinner and needed Gods forgiveness.
Why did the tax collector ask for mercy?
he recognized that he was a sinner and needed Gods forgiveness.
What does it mean to be justified?
To be made right with God.
What did Jesus say happens to people who humble themselves?
They will be exalted.
Did the pharisee recognize that he really did need Gods mercty.
No, he believed he was righteous on his own.
What did the Tax collector do differently from the pharisee when praying?
He admitted he was a sinner and asked God to accept him, instead of bragging about his good deeds.
What man went home justified from God.
The tax collector.