Psalms 38:4
38:4 For my sins overwhelm me;
like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
Isaiah 53:6
53:6 All of us had wandered off like sheep;
each of us had strayed off on his own path,
but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
Luke 18:13-14
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!’
18:14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified
rather than the Pharisee.
For everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:1
Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow
18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
Luke 3:18
3:18 And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.