Luke 18:13

But the moches (tax collector) stood at a distance and was not willing even to lift up his eynayim to Shomayim but was beating his chest, saying, Adonoi, rachem na al choteh kamoni! (L-rd, have mercy on a sinner like me!) + 18:13 Isa 66:2; Jer 31:19

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12I undergo a tzom (fast) twice during the week, I give the ma'aser (tithe) of everything as much as I get. + 18:12 Isa 58:3; Mal 3:8

14I say to you, this one, rather than the other one, went down to his bais having been made yitzdak im Hashem (justified with G-d). Because everyone lifting himself up will be brought low, but the one bringing himself low will be uplifted.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought Hashem Elohav, and humbled himself greatly before Elohei Avotav,

2 Chronicles 33:23And humbled not himself before Hashem, as Menasheh Aviv had humbled himself; but Amon increased more and more in ashmah.

Job 42:6Therefore I abhor myself, 1 and nichamti (I am sorry, I make teshuvah) in dust and ashes.

Psalms 25:11[Lamed] For the sake of Thy Shem, Hashem, 1 pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 1

Psalms 41:4Hashem will support him upon the sickbed; 1 in his illness, all his bedridden languishing Thou wilt change. + 41:4 i.e., toward recovery 1

Psalms 86:15But Thou, Adonoi, art El Rachum and Channun, 1 slow to anger, and plenteous in chesed and emes. 1

Matthew Henry on Luke 18:10-15

The Pharisee and the Publican. 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not… Read the whole commentary →

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