Matthew 9:13
Go then, and learn what is said, "I require mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 15:18-19
But the things which go forth out of the mouth, come out of the heart, and they are the things which defile a man:
Matthew 23:25-26
Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and of the dish, but within they are full of rapacity and intemperance.
Mark 7:21
For from within out of the heart of men proceed wicked reasonings, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
Mark 7:23
all these wicked things come from within, and render a person unclean.
Luke 7:47
For which cause, I tell thee, her many sins are forgiven, for she hath loved much: but to whom a little is forgiven, he loveth little.
Luke 11:39-40
Then said the Lord unto him, Now ye Pharisees make the outside of the cup and of the dish clean, but your inward parts are full of extortion and wickedness.
Luke 15:10
Even so, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God, over one repentant sinner.
Luke 15:24
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. And they began to be joyous.
Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when refreshing seasons shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 8:21-22
There is for thee neither part nor lot in this word: for thy heart is not right before God.
Acts 26:20
but preached first to those at Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, practicing works worthy of repentance.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
Ephesians 1:6-8
to the praise of the glory of his grace, whereby he hath made us acceptable in that beloved one;
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 the chief.
James 1:15
Then passion impregnated, bringeth forth sin, and sin reaching its consummation, bringeth forth death.
James 4:8-10
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Romans 5:16-21
And the gift [is] not as for one who sinned: for the judgment indeed [came] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [leads] to justification from many offences.