'O God' in the Bible

"Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to people who enjoy his favor!"

One day, as the crowd was pressing in on him to listen to God's word, Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

Now it was in those days that Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

So he told them, "You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God.

Except for this foreigner, were any of them found to return and give praise to God?"

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I'm not like other people thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, or even this tax collector.

"But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven. Instead, he continued to beat his chest and said, "O God, be merciful to me, the sinner that I am!'

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Now while some people were talking about the Temple how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God he said,