But the tax-collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, and said, 'O God, have mercy on a sinner like me!'

But, you say, if a falsehood of mine has brought great honor to God by bringing out his truthfulness, why am I tried for being a sinner?

And David said, "Let their feasting prove a snare and a trap to them, Their ruin and their retribution.

I ask this of you more especially that I may be brought back to you the sooner.

you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his misguided way will save the man's soul from death, and cover up a host of sins.