Luke 4:18-
19 The
Spirit of the Lord [
is] upon me, because he hath
anointed me
to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me
to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised, ... To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Luke 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise
joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance.
Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you,
there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over
one sinner that repenteth.
Luke 18:10-
14 Two men went up
into the temple to pray; the one
a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ... I tell you, this man
went down to his house
justified [
rather] than the other: for
every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 24:47 And
that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name
among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
Isaiah 55:6-
7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him
while he is near: ... Let
the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God,
for he will
abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith
the high and lofty One
that inhabiteth eternity,
whose name [
is] Holy;
I dwell in the high and holy [
place],
with him also [
that is] of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Matthew 18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Mark 15:7 And there was [
one] named Barabbas, [
which lay] bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
Mark 15:10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him
for envy.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them,
Repent, and
be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and
be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 3:26 Unto you
first God,
having raised up his Son Jesus,
sent him to bless you,
in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts 5:31 Him
hath God exalted with his right hand [
to be]
a Prince and
a Saviour, for
to give repentance to Israel, and
forgiveness of sins.
Acts 17:30 And
the times of this ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Acts 20:21 Testifying both
to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,
repentance toward God, and
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:18-
20 To
open their eyes,
[and] to turn [
them] from darkness to light,
and [from] the power of Satan unto God,
that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and
inheritance among them which are
sanctified by
faith that is in me. ... But shewed
first unto them of Damascus,
and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea,
and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should
repent and
turn to God,
and do works meet for repentance.
1 Corinthians 6:9-
11 Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither
fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
abusers of themselves with mankind, ... And
such were some of you:
but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified,
but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Timothy 1:15-
16 This [
is]
a faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners;
of whom I am chief. ... Howbeit
for this cause
I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth
all longsuffering,
for a pattern to them which should hereafter
believe on him to life everlasting.
2 Timothy 2:25-
26 In meekness
instructing those that oppose themselves;
if God
peradventure will give them
repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; ... And [
that] they may
recover themselves
out of the snare of the devil,
who are taken captive by him at his will.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord
is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance.
