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 it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not yourself: for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof:

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off:

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities have risen higher than our head, and our trespass has grown up unto the heavens.

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

That you may remember, and be ashamed, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I provide toward you an atonement for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.

O Lord, righteousness belongs unto you, but unto us shame of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

God

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to your mercy remember me for your goodness' sake, O LORD.

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.

[Waw] Let your mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word.

If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from your precepts and from your judgments:

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

A sinner

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you,

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation?

And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

You meet him that rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are angry; for we have sinned: in those ways is continuance, and we shall be saved.

But go and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

General references

But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

Then came also tax collectors to be baptized, and said unto him, Teacher, what shall we do?

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.