Whenever y’all stand praying, if y’all have anything against anyone, y’all are to tell them so that your* Father who is in heaven may also forgive y’all of your* transgressions.
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as Christ forgave y’all, so y’all should also forgive.
“When y’all pray, y’all are not to be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by humans. Truly, I tell y’all, they have received their reward.
The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other humans: extortionists, law breakers, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
But the tax collector stood far away and wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his chest, saying, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’