Luke 18:13

New American Bible - revised edition

But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’

Cross References

Ezra 9:6

I said: “My God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to raise my face to you, my God, for our wicked deeds are heaped up above our heads and our guilt reaches up to heaven.

1 Timothy 1:15

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost.

Psalm 41:4

The Lord sustains him on his sickbed, you turn down his bedding whenever he is ill.

Luke 23:48

When all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts;

Hebrews 8:12

For I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sins no more.”

Acts 2:37

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, “What are we to do, my brothers?”

Hebrews 4:16

So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.

Romans 5:8

But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Luke 5:8

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Psalm 25:11

For the sake of your name, Lord, pardon my guilt, though it is great.

Job 42:6

Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes. Job’s Restoration.

2 Corinthians 7:11

For behold what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced for you, as well as readiness for a defense, and indignation, and fear, and yearning, and zeal, and punishment. In every way you have shown yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

Psalm 25:7

Remember no more the sins of my youth; remember me according to your mercy, because of your goodness, Lord.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” The Question About Fasting.

Ezekiel 16:63

that you may remember and be ashamed, and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, when I pardon you for all you have done—oracle of the Lord God.

Isaiah 1:18

Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be red like crimson, they may become white as wool.

Luke 17:12

As he was entering a village, ten lepers met [him]. They stood at a distance from him

Daniel 9:5

We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and turned from your commandments and your laws.

Psalm 130:7

let Israel hope in the Lord, For with the Lord is mercy, with him is plenteous redemption,

Psalm 119:41

Let your mercy come to me, Lord, salvation in accord with your promise.

Psalm 106:6

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong and are guilty.

Psalm 40:12

Lord, may you not withhold your compassion from me; May your mercy and your faithfulness continually protect me.

2 Chronicles 33:23

Moreover, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; on the contrary, Amon only increased his guilt.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer and how his supplication was heard, all his sins and his treachery, the sites where he built high places and set up asherahs and carved images before he humbled himself, all this is recorded in the chronicles of his seers.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan answered David: “For his part, the Lord has removed your sin. You shall not die,

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things when all of them came to be—oracle of the Lord. This is the one whom I approve: the afflicted one, crushed in spirit, who trembles at my word.

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 10:3

Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;

Mark 11:25

When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions. [

Luke 22:41

After withdrawing about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, he prayed,

Exodus 33:10

On seeing the column of cloud stand at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise and bow down at the entrance of their own tents.