12 There are those who are (A)clean in their own eyes
    but are not washed of their filth.

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11 The Pharisee, (A)standing by himself, prayed[a] (B)thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:11 Or standing, prayed to himself

(A)All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (B)weighs the spirit.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits

35 you say, ‘I am innocent;
    surely his anger has turned from me.’
(A)Behold, I will bring you to judgment
    for (B)saying, ‘I have not sinned.’

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having the appearance of godliness, but (A)denying its power. (B)Avoid such people.

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he saved us, (A)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (B)according to his own mercy, by (C)the washing of regeneration and (D)renewal of the Holy Spirit,

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25 (A)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from (B)all your uncleannesses, and (C)from all your idols (D)I will cleanse you.

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who say, “Keep to yourself,
    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
(A)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
    a fire that burns all the day.

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But (A)if we walk in the light, (B)as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and (C)the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. (D)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (E)the truth is not in us. (F)If we confess our sins, he is (G)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and (H)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, (I)we make him a liar, and (J)his word is not in us.

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15 (A)To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and (B)unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both (C)their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 (D)They profess to know God, but they (E)deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, (F)unfit for any good work.

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11 And (A)such were some of you. But (B)you were washed, (C)you were sanctified, (D)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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15 And he said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves before men, but (B)God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men (C)is an abomination in the sight of God.

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39 And the Lord said to him, (A)“Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of (B)greed and wickedness. 40 (C)You fools! (D)Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

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13 (A)“On that day there shall be (B)a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

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14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from evil,
    that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
    lodge within you?

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16 (A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(B)cease to do evil,

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(A)Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (B)weighs the heart.

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(A)For he flatters himself in his own eyes
    that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

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and from Jesus Christ (A)the faithful witness, (B)the firstborn of the dead, and (C)the ruler of kings on earth.

To (D)him who loves us and (E)has freed us from our sins by his blood

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22 Though you wash yourself with lye
    and use much soap,
    (A)the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord God.
23 (B)How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
    I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way (C)in the valley;
    know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
24     (D)a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
    Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
    in her month they will find her.

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You say, ‘I am (A)pure, without (B)transgression;
    I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.

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13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, (A)“Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.” 14 And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?”

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13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.”

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