Luke 18:13
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- standing
- Luke 5:8; Luke 7:6, 7; Luke 17:12; Ezra 9:6; Job 42:6; Psalm 40:12; Isaiah 6:5; Ezekiel 16:63; Daniel 9:7–9; Acts 2:37
- but
- Luke 23:48; Jeremiah 31:18, 19; 2 Corinthians 7:11
- God
- Psalm 25:7, 11; Psalm 41:4; Psalm 51:1–3; Psalm 86:15, 16; Psalm 119:41; Psalm 130:3, 4, 7; Daniel 9:5, 9–11; Daniel 9:18, 19; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 8:12
- a sinner
- Luke 15:18–21; Luke 23:40–43; 2 Chronicles 33:12, 13, 19, 23; Psalm 106:6; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 64:5, 6; Matthew 9:13; Romans 5:8, 20, 21; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 John 1:8–10