| In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents. | Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. |
| If you would seriously consider my reproof, I would pour out my thoughts to you and make my precepts known to you. | If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you. |
| My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a contrite and humble heart, O God, you will not spurn. | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. |
| Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. | Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. |
| Let us examine and test our ways and return to the Lord. | Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! |
| The tax collector, however, stood some distance away and would not even raise his eyes to heaven. Rather, he kept beating his breast as he said, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ | But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ |
| When God saw by their actions that they had turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not inflict upon them the punishment that he had threatened. | When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. |
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