So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent.
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.
but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”
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