Luke 5:32

Levi Called To Follow Jesus

³¹ And Jesus answered and said to them, Those who are sound do not need a physician, but those who are sick. ³² I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners. ³³ And they said to Him, Why do John's disciples fast often and make prayers, and also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?

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Luke 15:7

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

Luke 15:10

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

Luke 24:47

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

Acts 5:31

This One God has exalted to be a Ruler and Savior to His right hand in order to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek Jehovah while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Isaiah 57:15

For so says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity; whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Matthew 18:10

Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I say to you that in Heaven their angels always behold the face of My Father in Heaven.

Mark 15:7

And there was one named Barabbas, bound with the insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

Mark 15:10

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him because of envy.

Luke 4:18-19

"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me; because of this He has anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and new sight to the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed,

Luke 18:10-14

Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-collector.

Luke 19:10

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

Acts 2:38

Then Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ to remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and convert so that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

Acts 3:26

Having raised up His son Jesus, God sent Him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you away from his iniquities.

Acts 17:30

Truly, then, God overlooking the times of ignorance, now He strictly commands all men everywhere to repent,

Acts 20:21

testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:18-20

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

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals,

1 Timothy 1:15-16

Faithful is the Word and worthy of all acceptance, 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, if perhaps God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth,

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.