Why do you accuse me of horrible crimes and make me pay for sins I did in my youth?
The woman shouted at Elijah, "What have I done to you? I thought you were God's prophet. Did you come here to cause the death of my son as a reminder that I've sinned against God?"
Indeed, the wicked will die and go to their graves in the prime of life.
Why does God let me live when life is miserable and so bitter?
Before I could get my breath, my miseries would multiply.
Forget each wrong I did when I was young. Show how truly kind you are and remember me.
When we were young, we strayed and sinned, but then we realized what we had done. We are ashamed and disgraced and want to return to you."
Later, Jesus met the man in the temple and told him, "You are now well. But don't sin anymore or something worse might happen to you."
Beside the pool was a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
Then she told them, "Don't call me Naomi any longer! Call me Mara, because God has made my life bitter.