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,

So then these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

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.

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

and do not think to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham out of these stones.

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

"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.

Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him.

And He told them this parable, saying:

And having found it, he puts [it] on his own shoulders, rejoicing.

I say to you that likewise [there] shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous who need no repentance.

And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost!'

Then He said: "A certain man had two sons.

And not many days after, having gathered together all things, the younger son went on a journey to a distant country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.

Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

But having come to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, and I am perishing with hunger!

and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'

And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

And bring the fatted calf here and slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry;

Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him back in good health, your father has killed the fatted calf.'

So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, so many years I have been serving you and I never transgressed your commandment; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.

And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

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

Now as they were going down the road, they came upon some water. And the eunuch said, "Behold, [here is] water: what prevents me from being baptized?"

And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Phillip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

And when she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." So she persuaded us.

And they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, you and your household."

And taking them along in that same hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he and all his family were baptized.

And now, what are you going to do? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

which [as] an antitype, baptism now also saves us-(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but an appeal to God [for] a good conscience), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

For He had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay for some days.

But Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus."

And when they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Go [therefore] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Or do you not know that as many [of us] as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of its power.

"But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

"And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

who, coming down, prayed concerning them in order that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

Then they laid hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those hearing the word.

And those of the circumcision who believed were astounded, as many as had come with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.

until the Spirit shall come upon you from on high, and Carmel shall be desert, and Carmel shall be counted for a forest.

For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land; I will put My Spirit upon your seed, and My blessings upon your children;

and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on [the banks of] running water.

And this shall be My covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon you, and the words which I have put in your mouth, shall never fail from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and forever!

and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be purged from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, and I will cleanse you.

And I will put My Spirit in you, and will cause you to walk in My ordinances, and to keep My judgments, and do [them].

And I will no more turn away My face from them, because I have poured out My wrath upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

And on My servants and on My handmaids in those days will I pour out of My Spirit.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon Me, because they have mocked Me, and they shall make lamentation for Him, as for a beloved [friend], and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.