Luke 18:13

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Summary

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Standing

God

A sinner

General references

Bible References

Standing

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

As He entered a village, 10 men with serious skin diseases met Him. They stood at a distance

And I said:

My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.

Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.

For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.

Then I said:

Woe is me for I am ruined
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Hosts.

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel—those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where You have dispersed them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward You.

When they heard this, they came under deep conviction and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Brothers, what must we do?”

God

Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me
because of Your goodness, Lord.

I said, “Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.Be gracious to me, God,
according to Your faithful love;
according to Your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

ו VavLet Your faithful love come to me, Lord,
Your salvation, as You promised.

Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?

we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.

Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.

For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.

A sinner

I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.

“Come, let us discuss this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they will be as white as snow;
though they are as red as crimson,
they will be like wool.

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;
they remember You in Your ways.
But we have sinned, and You were angry.
How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.

For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them.

If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

General references

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”