The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free with deliverance those who are oppressed;

to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

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

Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

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

and that repentance and remission of sins be preached in His name to all nations, beginning out of Jerusalem.

Seek Jehovah while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and consecrated place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

And there was one named Barabbas, who was in bonds with his fellow rebels; they had committed murder in the insurrection.

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him up because of envy.

Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be immersed in the name of Jesus Christ to the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Having raised up His Son Jesus, God sent Him to you first, to bless you in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

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

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

testifying both to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.

but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be led astray. Neither prostitutes, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

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.

However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might manifest all longsuffering, as an example to those who are about to believe on Him unto eternal life.

in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance unto a full true knowledge of the truth,

and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

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.