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In other words, the person cutting this man's hair is equivalent to a pharisee, who go according to the letter of the law, and not the spirit of the law.— Pulpit Pimps
St. John Chrysostom refers here to the Parable of the Publican and Pharisee (Luke 18: 9-14), in which the pharisee attempts to justify himself before God by comparing himself favorably to the publican, while the publican prays humbly in the words that give us the— About.com Catholicism
Caleb sat still in her lap, with a serious and attentive expression of countenance Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a pharisee, the other a publican What is a pharisee and a publican?"— Caleb in the Country
He was not, however, a hypocrite or a pharisee, but was simply indifferent to religious dogmas, and secretly averse to the society of priests.— Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen
Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publican.— The first New Testament printed in English

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