{"id": "card_n_f9baa8b824f1", "kind": "note", "title": "The Pharisee and the Publican", "body": "Two go up to pray; one with himself recounts his virtues and despises the other; one beats his breast and says God be merciful to me a sinner; the second goes home justified.\n\nFailure mode: Prayer that is a soliloquy of comparison.\n\nRestoration path: Stand afar off; beat the breast; ask mercy.\n\nMarkers: thanks God I am not like others; catalogs his own righteousness; prays at himself; other prays for mercy; justification comes to the humbled", "source": {"label": "Archetype — Bible", "url": "", "ref": "", "authority_tier": "reference"}, "shelf": "reference", "box": "archetypes", "bands": ["archetype", "parable_figure", "bible"], "connections": [], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "secular", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "12556dfea1bd4803e8297c1bd4a07f9a45bedb168a2809c74db73fac93e9f52f"}