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Luke 18:13

Luke 18:13

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standing: Luke 5:8, Luke 7:6-7, Luke 17:12; Ezra 9:6; Job 42:6; Psalms 40:12; Isaiah 6:5; Ezekiel 16:63; Daniel 9:7-9; Acts 2:37

but: Luke 23:48; Jeremiah 31:18-19; 2 Corinthians 7:11

God: Psalms 25:7, Psalms 25:11, Psalms 41:4, Psalms 51:1-3, Psalms 86:15-16, Psalms 119:41, Psalms 130:3-4, Psalms 130:7; Daniel 9:5, Daniel 9:9-11; Daniel 9:18-19; Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews 8:12

a sinner: Luke 15:18-21, Luke 23:40-43; 2 Chronicles 33:12-13, 2 Chronicles 33:19, 2 Chronicles 33:23; Psalms 106:6; Isaiah 1:18, Isaiah 64:5-6; Matthew 9:13; Romans 5:8, Romans 5:20-21; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 John 1:8-10

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