Jesus highlighted their attitude toward offenders by relating an illustration of a Pharisee who prayed: “O God, I thank you that I am not like everyone else ​ — extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers — ​ or even like this tax collector ” ​ — a tax collector who was humbly praying for God’s mercy.
لِذٰلِكَ لَمْ يَرَوْا أَيَّ دَاعٍ لِيُظْهِرُوا لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ .‏ —‏ لو ١٨ :‏ ٩ -‏ ١٤‏ .‏ مَهِّدِ ٱلطَّرِيقَ لِلْآخَرِينَ كَيْ يَقْتَرِبُوا إِلَيْكَ وَيَطْلُبُوا مِنْكَ ٱلْمُسَامَحَةَ (‏ اُنْظُرِ ٱلْفِقْرَاتِ ٤ -‏ ٨ .‏ )‏