Matthew 9:13
But having gone, learned what this is, I wish mercy and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 15:18-19
But those things going out from the mouth come forth from the heart; and these pollute the man.
Matthew 23:25-26
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you purify the exterior of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of extortion and impurity.
Mark 7:21
For within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Mark 7:23
All these evils proceed out from within, and defile the man.
Luke 7:47
Therefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but he to whom little is forgiven, loveth little.
Luke 11:39-40
And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees purify the outside of the cup and the plate, but the interior is full of extortion and wickedness.
Luke 15:10
So, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Luke 15:24
because this my son was dead, and is alive again; was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Acts 3:19
Repent, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that seasons of soul-renewing may come from the presence of the Lord,
Acts 8:21-22
There is neither part nor lot to thee in this word: for thy heart is not right before God.
Acts 26:20
but first to those in Damascus, and also in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was preaching that they should repent and turn to God, doing things worthy of repentance.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? He not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor Sodomites,
Ephesians 1:6-8
unto the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved:
1 Timothy 1:15-16
It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:
James 1:15
Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death.
James 4:8-10
draw nigh unto God, and he draws nigh unto you. Purify your hands, ye sinners; and cleanse your hearts, ye double-minded.
Romans 5:16-21
And not as by the one having sinned, is the free gift; for indeed, judgment was from one unto condemnation, but the free gift is from many transgressions unto justification.