The boy answered, 'I will not.' But later he had a change of heart and went.

The Lord confronted Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!

Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."

Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.

"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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I will not

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!
So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

He repented

"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
The Lord confronted Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.
But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."
But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

General references

If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

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