The follower of Christ and the Thief by Al-Ghazzali

A man of piety was following Christ.  A thief seeing this thought to himself, "If I sit in the company of the pious one, perhaps God may for his sake forgive me."  Prompted by humility in his heart, the thief started condemning himself for the impious life he had led.  He considered himself unfit to sit by the side of such a saint.  On the other hand, the pious man, seeing the thief seated by his side, repreimanded him lest his shadow corrupt him.  Immediately Christ heard the divine voice say, "Tell the pious one and the thief that I have washed clean the scrolls of both.  The virtues of the pious one and the sins of the thief are washed clean.  They must both start life again.  The virtues of the pious are washed away because of his pride, and the sins of the thief are washed away because of this humility and repentance."