But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner!' Cross References 2 Samuel 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." "The LORD has taken away your sin," Nathan replied. "You will not die. Ezra 9:6 and said: "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens. Isaiah 66:2 Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being," declares the LORD. "This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word. Jeremiah 31:19 After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.' Matthew 6:5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. Matthew 10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Mark 11:25 And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well." Luke 22:41 And He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed, Luke 23:48 And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts. Treasury of Scripture And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote on his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. standing. Luke 5:8 Luke 7:6,7 Luke 17:12 but. Luke 23:48 Jeremiah 31:18,19 2 Corinthians 7:11 God. Psalm 25:7,11 Psalm 41:4 Psalm 51:1-3 a sinner. Luke 15:18-21 Luke 23:40-43 2 Chronicles 33:12,13,19,23 |
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