Luke 5:32
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32 (A)I have not come to call the righteous (B)but sinners (C)to repentance.”
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Luke 15:10
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10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (A)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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Luke 15:7
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7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who (A)repents than over ninety-nine (B)righteous persons who need no repentance.
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1 Timothy 1:15-16
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15 The saying is (A)trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus (B)came into the world to save sinners, (C)of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
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Acts 3:19
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19 (A)Repent therefore, and (B)turn back, that (C)your sins may be blotted out,
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Luke 19:10
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10 For (A)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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2 Peter 3:9
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9 (A)The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise (B)as some count slowness, but (C)is patient toward you,[a] (D)not wishing that any should perish, but (E)that all should reach repentance.
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- 2 Peter 3:9 Some manuscripts on your account
Luke 24:47
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47 and that (A)repentance for[a] the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed (B)in his name (C)to all nations, (D)beginning from Jerusalem.
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- Luke 24:47 Some manuscripts and
2 Timothy 2:25-26
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25 correcting his opponents (A)with gentleness. God (B)may perhaps grant them repentance (C)leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from (D)the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
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Acts 26:18-20
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18 (A)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from (B)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive (C)forgiveness of sins and (D)a place among those who are sanctified (E)by faith in me.’
19 “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to (F)the heavenly vision, 20 but declared first (G)to those in Damascus, (H)then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also (I)to the Gentiles, that they should (J)repent and (K)turn to God, performing deeds (L)in keeping with their repentance.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous[a] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: (A)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[b] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And (B)such were some of you. But (C)you were washed, (D)you were sanctified, (E)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
Acts 20:21
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21 (A)testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of (B)repentance toward God and of (C)faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.[a]
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- Acts 20:21 Some manuscripts omit Christ
Acts 17:30
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30 (A)The times of ignorance (B)God overlooked, but (C)now he (D)commands all people everywhere to repent,
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Acts 3:26
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26 (A)God, (B)having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, (C)to bless you (D)by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”
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Luke 18:10-14
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10 “Two men (A)went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, (B)standing by himself, prayed[a] (C)thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 (D)I fast twice a week; (E)I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, (F)standing far off, (G)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but (H)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, (I)be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For (J)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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- Luke 18:11 Or standing, prayed to himself
Luke 4:18-19
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18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
(F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 (G)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
Mark 15:10
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10 For he perceived that (A)it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
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Mark 15:7
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7 And among the rebels in prison, who had (A)committed murder (B)in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.
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Matthew 18:10
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “See that you do not despise (A)one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of my Father who is in heaven.[a]
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- Matthew 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost
Isaiah 57:15
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