34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a ^ffriend of tax collectors and sinners!’

The Cost of Following Jesus

57 ⁱAs they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 And Jesus¹ said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say ^jfarewell to those at my home.” 62 Jesus said to him, ^k“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed¹ thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I ^ffast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, ^gwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For ^heveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”