In commenting on these two prayers, Jesus said: “I tell you, This man [the tax collector] went down to his home proved more righteous than that man [the Pharisee]; because everyone that exalts himself will be humiliated, but he that humbles himself will be exalted. ”
लेकिन दीन - हीन चुंगी लेनेवाले ने “अपनी छाती पीट - पीटकर कहा, ‘ हे परमेश्‍वर मुझ पापी पर दया कर । ’ ” — लूका १८: ९ - १३.