| Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. | In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. |
| Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you. | Turn to my rebuke, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. |
| The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise. |
| Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. | Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. |
| Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord. | Let’s examine and search out our ways, And let’s return to the Lord. |
| But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ | But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ |
| When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. | When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their evil way, then God relented of the disaster which He had declared He would bring on them. So He did not do it. |
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