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and he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
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Bear fruits that befit repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
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I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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Woes to Unrepentant Cities
“Woe to you, Chora′zin! woe to you, Beth-sa′ida! for if the mighty works 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 Nin′eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
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Repent or Perish
There were some present at that very time who told him of 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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Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
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Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
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Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;
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and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
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and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
