“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance;

“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

The Unrepenting Cities

Then He began to reprimand the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that occurred in you had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

And they went out and preached that people are to repent.

And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

Therefore produce fruits that are consistent with repentance, and do not start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children for Abraham.

I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that occurred in you had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Call to Repent

Now on that very occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’

Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.