They were being baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Luke 15:18 - The Text-Critical English New Testament I will arise, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before yoʋ. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
They were being baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
So he said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘ Our Father in heaven, hallowed be yoʋr name. Yoʋr kingdom come. Yoʋr will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance of bread, while I perish with hunger!
I am no longer worthy to be called yoʋr son; make me like one of yoʋr hired workers.” ’
Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before yoʋ. I am no longer worthy to be called yoʋr son.’
But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’