"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 liberty to [the] captives And recovery of sight to [the] blind, To set at liberty 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 should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, 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 holy [place,] With him [who] has a 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] chained with his fellow rebels; they had committed murder in the rebellion.

For he knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.

Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for 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,

"To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him 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 repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

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

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

'to open their eyes, [in order] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness 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 deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, 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 show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.

in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know 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 slack concerning [His] promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.