You know........the man that looked down, would not look to heaven and beat upon his chest while pleading for mercy was the one that went away justified..........God takes great delight in mercy........and NONE are righteous NO NOT ONE......
This is a real insight into your interpretation of scripture.
If none are righteous, all Gods statements about the righteous are sarcastic.
But this interpretation does not work. Take these passages
26 If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin, he will die for it;
because of the sin he has committed he will die.
27 But if a wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does
what is just and right, he will save his life.
Eze 18
Put simply
wickedness => just / right => life
righteous => sin => die
There is a simple real life example, one can be just and righteous, and live, or one can
sinful and evil and die, going from being righteous or going from being wicked.
There is no sarcasm here.
Jesus criticised the teachers of the law for their lack of heart, no faithfulness, mercy and
justice, with hearts full of greed and self indulgence. They did not follow their own teaching.
Put simply the righteous are righteous if God declares them as such. But this righteousness
is through faith, and not deeds, though righteous faith produces a righteous heart which creates
righteous actions.