From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.

Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’

The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”