| Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting. | In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. |
| Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you. | Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings. |
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| The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. | My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. |
| Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! | Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. |
| Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. | Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. |
| But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ | But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ |
| God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it. | When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. |
