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19 Repent, therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out,

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19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,(A) that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

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38 Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(A)

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38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized,(A) every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.(B) And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(C)

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22 I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.(A)

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22 I have swept away(A) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(B) to me,
    for I have redeemed(C) you.”

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25 I alone am the one
    who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.(A)

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25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,(A) for my own sake,(B)
    and remembers your sins(C) no more.(D)

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and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.(A)

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And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children,(A) you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.(B)

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15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
    and their ears are hard of hearing,
        and they have shut their eyes,
        so that they might not look with their eyes,
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
    and I would heal them.’(A)

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15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove your evil deeds
    from before my eyes;
cease to do evil;(A)
17     learn to do good;
seek justice;
    rescue the oppressed;
defend the orphan;
    plead for the widow.(B)

18 Come now, let us argue it out,
    says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
    will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
    will they become like wool?(C)
19 If you are willing and obedient,
    you shall eat the good of the land,(D)
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
    you shall be devoured by the sword,
    for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(E)

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16 Wash(A) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(B)
    stop doing wrong.(C)
17 Learn to do right;(D) seek justice.(E)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](F)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(G)
    plead the case of the widow.(H)

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(I)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(J)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(K)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(L)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(M)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(N)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(O)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor

Hide your face from my sins,
    and blot out all my iniquities.(A)

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Hide your face from my sins(A)
    and blot out(B) all my iniquity.

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and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels(A)

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and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven(A) in blazing fire(B) with his powerful angels.(C)

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40 Let us test and examine our ways
    and return to the Lord.(A)

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40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.(B)

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19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth[a] and is brought back by another, 20 you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s[b] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.19 Other ancient authorities read from the way of truth
  2. 5.20 Gk his

19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth(A) and someone should bring that person back,(B) 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save(C) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.(D)

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21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord.(A)

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21 The Lord’s hand was with them,(A) and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.(B)

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But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.(A)

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But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(A)

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