TSK · Isaiah 43:26

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

“Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm,‘It is true.’

I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus,“And who is my neighbor?”

The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.