"Twomenwentup into the templeto pray,onea Phariseeand the othera tax collector.
the foodof his table,the seatingof his servants,the attendanceof his waitersand their attire,his cupbearers,and his stairwayby whichhe wentup to the houseof the LORD,there was nomorespiritin her.
"Listento the supplicationof Your servantand of Your peopleIsrael,whenthey praytowardthisplace;hearin heavenYour dwellingplace;hearand forgive.
"Returnand sayto Hezekiahthe leaderof My people,'Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof your fatherDavid,"I have heardyour prayer,I have seenyour tears;behold,I will healyou. On the thirddayyou shall goup to the houseof the LORD.
Now Hezekiahsaidto Isaiah,"Whatwill be the signthat the LORDwill healme, and that I shall goup to the houseof the LORDthe thirdday?"
Philipand Bartholomew;Thomasand Matthewthe tax collector;Jamesthe son of Alphaeus,and Thaddaeus;
sayingto them, "It is written,AND MY HOUSESHALL BE A HOUSEOF PRAYER,'but you have madeit a ROBBERS'DEN."
since they have knownabout me for a long time,ifthey are willingto testify,that I lived[as] a Phariseeaccordingto the strictestsectof our religion.
NowPeterand Johnwere goingup to the templeat the ninth[hour], the hourof prayer.
circumcisedthe eighth day,of the nationof Israel,of the tribeof Benjamin,a Hebrewof Hebrews;as to the Law,a Pharisee;
