My Hero's Journey

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To some villagers and many other man, some humble and other very confident of their own decency and goodness, Jesus Christ told this parable: “ Together two men went up to the temple in Melbourne to pray and thank god. One of the two friends was a respectable rich man who was a respectable member of the community. While the other was a small tax collector who was a low paid tax collector around Rome, hence was cheating his clients. When arriving at the temple, both stood some distance apart and both prayed for their own thing. The Pharisee stood by himself and payed his respects then prayed: ‘ God I want to thank you that I am unique in my own way and am and unlike those who commit large sins I am even thankful to be unlike the tax collector

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