But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.

let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by this [name] this [man] stands here before you whole.

"Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!"

Not for your sakes do I do [this], says the Lord God, [as] it is known to you; be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we [will] not serve your gods, neither [will we] worship the image which you have set up.

Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Him God has exalted to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

To Him all the prophets bear witness, [that] through His name, everyone believing in Him shall receive forgiveness of sins."

[A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.

For with You is forgiveness;

Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption.

And no more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord. For all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.

Seventy weeks have been determined upon your people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, to seal up transgressions, to blot out iniquities, to make atonement for iniquities, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.

Who is a God like You, canceling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of His inheritance? And He has not kept His anger for a testimony, for He delights in mercy.

He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers, according to the former days.

In that day every place shall be opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for removal and for separation.

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

And all things are of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and who gave to us the ministry of this reconciliation,

Now then, we serve as ambassadors for Christ, as though God were appealing through us: we implore [you] on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ forgave us.

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I shall by no means remember anymore."

By the saying "new," He has made the first obsolete. And the [one] becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish.

which [was] symbolic for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are being offered, which are not able, in respect to conscience, to make perfect the [one] performing the service,

But Christ came [as] a High Priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those having been defiled, sanctifies for the purity of the flesh,

For it is not possible for [the] blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin You had no pleasure.

Earlier saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and [sacrifices] for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law),

By which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

But He Himself, having offered one sacrifice for sins forever, He sat down at the right hand of God,

For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

"This is the covenant which I shall covenant with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws on their hearts, and I will inscribe them on their minds,

Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if someone should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only concerning ours, but also concerning [those] of the whole world.

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.