Luke 18:13
18:13 The tax collector, however, stood
far off and would not even look up
to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful
to me, sinner that I am!’
Jeremiah 31:19
31:19 For after we turned away from you we repented.
After we came to our senses we beat our breasts in sorrow.
We are ashamed and humiliated
because of the disgraceful things we did previously.’
Acts 2:37
The Response to Peter’s Address
2:37 Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”