and people were immersed by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
Luke 15:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) I will get up and go to my father and say to him, Father, I have sinned against [the God of] heaven and against you. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. American Standard Version (1901) I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: Common English Bible I will get up and go to my father, and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. Catholic Public Domain Version I shall rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: |
and people were immersed by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
For if you forgive the wrongs people have done [to you], your heavenly Father will also forgive the wrongs you have done [to Him].
Therefore, you should pray this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be highly honored.
If then you know how to give good gifts to your children, even though you are sinful [human beings], how much more [likely] is it that your Father in heaven will give good things to those who ask Him?
And He said to them, “When you pray you should say, ‘Father, may your name be highly honored. May your kingdom come [to earth].
But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread to eat, and here I am, dying from hunger!
I do not deserve to be called your son [anymore]. Consider me as [just] one of your hired servants.’
Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against [the God of] heaven and against you. I do not deserve to be called your son.’
But the tax collector stood at a distance [i.e., inconspicuously] and would not even look up to heaven, but struck his chest [i.e., in remorse], saying, ‘God, [please] have mercy on a sinner like me [i.e., “cover over” or forgive my sins].’