pharisee
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Above all, do not act like the two men in the parable: 'Two men went into the temple to pray, the one was a publican, the other a pharisee.
From The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth by Sue, Eugène
Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publican.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
“Yes; but, grandmother, if the pharisee really was a good man, it wasn't right for him to thank God for it?”
From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob
But you and I, and every pharisee, publican, and sinner in the world, are equally the children of God to begin with.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George
But the attempt was fruitless: he succeeded no better in curing a dropsical person that chanced to be in the house of a pharisee who gave the Saviour a dinner.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'
