Psalm 51:15-19

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¹⁵Open my lips, Lord,^(A)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶You do not delight in sacrifice,^(B) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
¹⁷My sacrifice,^(C) O God, is^[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart^(D)
    you, God, will not despise.

¹⁸May it please you to prosper Zion,^(E)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.^(F)
¹⁹Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,^(G)
    in burnt offerings^(H) offered whole;
    then bulls^(I) will be offered on your altar.

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Footnotes

Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are

Hosea 6:1-6

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Israel Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us return^(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces^(B)
    but he will heal us;^(C)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.^(D)
²After two days he will revive us;^(E)
    on the third day^(F) he will restore^(G) us,
    that we may live in his presence.
³Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,^(H)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.^(I)”

⁴“What can I do with you, Ephraim?^(J)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.^(K)
⁵Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth^(L)—
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.^[a]^(M)
⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(N)
    and acknowledgment^(O) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(P)

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Footnotes

Hosea 6:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Luke 18:9-14

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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹To some who were confident of their own righteousness^(A) and looked down on everyone else,^(B) Jesus told this parable: ¹⁰“Two men went up to the temple to pray,^(C) one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹The Pharisee stood by himself^(D) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹²I fast^(E) twice a week and give a tenth^(F) of all I get.’

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

¹⁴“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”^(I)

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