And if the transgressor shall turn away from all his iniquities which he has committed, and keep all My commandments, and do justice and mercy, he shall surely live, and shall no means die.

And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make [them] white as wool.

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.

But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call [the] righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

"But what do you think? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, 'Child, go, work today in my vineyard.'

And having come to the other, he said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I [am going], sir,' but he did not go.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; but you, having seen, did not repent afterwards, that you might believe him.

Repent therefore and turn back, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that seasons of relaxation may come from the presence of the Lord,

solemnly bearing witness to both Jews and to Greeks, the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

but to those first in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, proclaiming that they must repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

Because he heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no heed, his blood shall be upon him. But the other, because he took heed, has delivered his soul.

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation."

Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.