18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, (A)I have sinned against (B)heaven and before you.

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18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned(A) against heaven and against you.

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40 Let us test and examine our ways,
    (A)and return to the Lord!

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40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.(B)

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(A)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (B)the truth is not in us. (C)If we confess our sins, he is (D)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and (E)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, (F)we make him a liar, and (G)his word is not in us.

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If we claim to be without sin,(A) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(B) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(C) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(D) 10 If we claim we have not sinned,(E) we make him out to be a liar(F) and his word is not in us.(G)

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13 But the tax collector, (A)standing far off, (B)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but (C)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, (D)be merciful to me, a sinner!’

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13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast(A) and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’(B)

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21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. (A)I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’[a]

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  1. Luke 15:21 Some manuscripts add treat me as one of your hired servants

21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.(A) I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

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(A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (C)weeping as they come, and they (D)shall seek the Lord their God. (E)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (F)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (G)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

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“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
    will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.
They will ask the way(D) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(F)
    that will not be forgotten.

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(A)For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is ever before me.
(B)Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil (C)in your sight,
(D)so that you may be justified in your words
    and blameless in your judgment.
Behold, (E)I was brought forth in iniquity,
    and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.(A)
Against you, you only, have I sinned(B)
    and done what is evil in your sight;(C)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.(D)
Surely I was sinful(E) at birth,(F)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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Therefore (A)I will hedge up her[a] way with thorns,
    and (B)I will build a wall against her,
    so that she cannot find her paths.
She shall pursue her lovers
    but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
    but shall not find them.
(C)Then she shall say,
    ‘I will go and return to (D)my first husband,
    (E)for it was better for me then than now.’

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  1. Hosea 2:6 Hebrew your

Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)
She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.(B)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband(C) as at first,(D)
    for then I was better off(E) than now.’

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19 “‘I said,
    How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
    a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would (A)call me, My Father,
    and would not turn from following me.

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19 “I myself said,

“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,(A)
    the most beautiful inheritance(B) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’(C)
    and not turn away from following me.

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For when I kept silent, my (A)bones wasted away
    through my (B)groaning all day long.
For day and night your (C)hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah

I (D)acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I (E)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

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  1. Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed

When I kept silent,(A)
    my bones wasted away(B)
    through my groaning(C) all day long.
For day and night
    your hand was heavy(D) on me;
my strength was sapped(E)
    as in the heat of summer.[a]

Then I acknowledged my sin to you
    and did not cover up my iniquity.(F)
I said, “I will confess(G)
    my transgressions(H) to the Lord.”
And you forgave
    the guilt of my sin.(I)

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  1. Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.

14 (A)For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

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14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.(A)

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(A)Pray then like this:

(B)“Our Father in heaven,
(C)hallowed be (D)your name.[a]

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  1. Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence

“This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father(A) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,

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and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, (A)confessing their sins.

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Confessing their sins, they were baptized(A) by him in the Jordan River.

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