“And His mercy is upon generation after generation Toward those who [stand in great awe of God and] fear Him.

“He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy,

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown His great mercy toward her, and they were rejoicing with her.

To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing],

Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise (the Messiah) from on high will dawn and visit us,

He answered, “The one who showed compassion and mercy to him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and constantly do the same.”

But give that which is within as charity [that is, acts of mercy and compassion, not as a public display, but as an expression of your faithfulness to God], and then indeed all things are clean for you.

And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’

and they raised their voices and called out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

So he shouted out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David (Messiah), have mercy on me!”

Those who were leading the way were sternly telling him to keep quiet; but he screamed all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”