And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume
Which of the two did his father’s will? ’ They said, ‘The first.’ Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
‘But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, “God, have mercy on me, , a sinner! ”