Luke 5:32

Levi Called To Follow Jesus

³¹ And Jesus answered arid said to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. ³² I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance. ³³ And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?

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Luke 15:7

I say to you, That thus there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons, who need no repentance.

Luke 15:10

So, I say to you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

Luke 24:47

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

Acts 5:31

Him has God exalted to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, in order to give to Israel repentance and remission of sins:

Matthew 18:10

Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, That their angels in heaven do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Mark 15:7

And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with his fellow-insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

Mark 15:10

For he knew that, through envy, the chief priests had delivered him up.

Luke 4:18-19

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the broken hearted; to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; to set free the oppressed;

Luke 18:10-14

Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Acts 2:38

And Peter said to them: Repent, and be immersed, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and turn, in order that your sins may be blotted out, so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Acts 3:26

To you first, God, having raised up his Son Jesus, has sent him to bless you, in turning every one of you away from his iniquities.

Acts 17:30

Yet the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now, he commands all men everywhere to repent:

Acts 20:21

bearing full testimony both to Jews and to Greeks, of the repentance that leads to God, and of the faith that leads to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:18-20

in order to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither lewd persons, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites,

1 Timothy 1:15-16

Assuredly true and worthy of all acceptation is this saying: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth,

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord does not delay concerning his promise, as some men count delay, but he is long-suffering toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.