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

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Bible References

Standing

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, "Leave me, Lord! I am a sinful man!" -

So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to tell Jesus, "Sir, stop troubling yourself, because I'm not worthy to have you come under my roof.

As he was going into a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance

and said,

As a result, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me.

"How terrible it will be for me!" I cried, "because I am ruined! I'm a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!"

Then you will remember, be ashamed, and you won't open your mouth anymore due to humiliation when I will have made atonement for you for everything that you've done,' declares the Lord GOD."

"To you, Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us, open humiliation even to this day, to the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, both those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the lands to which you drove them because of their unfaithful acts that they committed against you.

When the crowd that had gathered heard this, they were pierced to the heart. They asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"

God

Do not remember my youthful sins and transgressions; but remember me in light of your gracious love, in light of your goodness, LORD.

As for me, I said, "LORD, be gracious to me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!"

Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.

But you, Lord, are a compassionate God, merciful and patient, with unending gracious love and faithfulness.

May your gracious love come to me, LORD, your salvation, just as you said.

LORD, if you were to record iniquities, Lord, who could remain standing?

"Lord! Great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant and gracious love for those who love him and obey his commandments, we've sinned, we've practiced evil, we've acted wickedly, and we've rebelled, turning away from your commands and from your regulations.

So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins."

A sinner

I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you.

But the other criminal rebuked him, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?

But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,

We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness.

"Please come, and let's reason together," implores the LORD. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they'll be white like snow. Though they're like crimson, they'll become like wool.

You come to the aid of those who gladly do what's right, To those who remember you in your ways. See, you were angry, and we sinned against them for a long time, but we will be saved.

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that the Messiah died for us while we were still sinners.

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim.

If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.

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

Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance."