Luke 18:13
13ὁButδὲthe tax collectorτελώνηςafar offμακρόθενstandingἑστὼςnotοὐκwas willingἤθελενnot evenοὐδὲtheτοὺςeyesὀφθαλμοὺςto lift upἐπᾶραιtoεἰςτὸνheavenοὐρανόν,butἀλλ’was strikingἔτυπτεtheτὸbreastστῆθοςof himselfαὐτοῦsayingλέγων·ὉGodθεός,be mercifulἱλάσθητίto meμοιtheτῷsinnerἁμαρτωλῷ.
But the tax collector, standing afar off, was not even willing to lift up the eyes to heaven, but was striking his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
Vocab difficulty
62.2
Rare words
ἱλάσθητί
ἱλάσκομαι
(a) I have mercy on, show favor to, (b) trans. with object of sins: I forgive, pardon.