And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.

And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.”

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.

Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,

And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

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.”

And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’

But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”

saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ”

But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.