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18 I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against 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
    and return to the Lord.(A)

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

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  1. 15.21 Other ancient authorities add Treat me like 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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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(A) 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.(B)

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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, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’(A)

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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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For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is ever before me.(A)
Against you, you alone, have I sinned
    and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
    and blameless when you pass judgment.(B)
Indeed, I was born guilty,
    a sinner when my mother conceived me.(C)

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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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In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the people of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall come weeping as they seek the Lord their God.(A) They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, and they shall come and join themselves to the Lord by an 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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14 “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,(A)

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

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  1. 2.6 Gk Syr: Heb 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 thought
    how I would set you among my children
and give you a pleasant land,
    the most beautiful heritage of all the nations.
And I thought you would call to me, “My Father,”
    and would not turn from following me.(A)

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

Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah(C)

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  1. 32.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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.

11 For your name’s sake, O Lord,
    pardon my guilt, for it is great.(A)

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11 For the sake of your name,(A) Lord,
    forgive(B) my iniquity,(C) though it is great.

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“Pray, then, in this way:

Our Father in heaven,
    may your name be revered as holy.

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“This, then, is how you should pray:

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

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