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And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
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Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
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Woe to the Impenitent Cities
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
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Repent or Perish
There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
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I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
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I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
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I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
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Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
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Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
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And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
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and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.