Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven.

For whoever does the will of My Father in Heaven, that one is My brother and sister and mother.

Say to them: As I live, declares the Lord Jehovah, I take no delight in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,

The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is longsuffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

And David's anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, the man who has done this is a son of death!

And Nathan said to David, You are the man! Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; yea, your own lips testify against you.

And Jesus answered and said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. So he said, Teacher, speak.

And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?

And he said to him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

For truly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the Law till all is fulfilled.

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

and said, Truly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of Heaven.

And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, Follow Me. So he arose and followed Him.

So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.

And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been immersed with the immersion of John.

And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,

Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.

There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

Simon answered and said, I suppose the one whom he forgave more. And He said to him, You have rightly judged.

You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in.

Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.

And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins?

Then all the tax collectors and the sinners came near to Him to hear Him.

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This Man receives sinners and eats with them.

And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;

for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Moreover the Law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,

What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have taken hold of righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;

Why? Because it was not by faith, but as out of works of the Law. For they stumbled at the stumbling stone.

although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I received mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.