Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.