The Sinner and the Religious Leader Two men went to pray, one a religious leader and the other a sinner… “God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers… Or even like this sinner. I never miss the fast and I always tithe.” “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” I tell you, this second man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. -Isa in the Injil