Matthew 3:2

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Summary

Matthew 3:2

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Repent

General references

Luke 1:16

Luke 9:2

Bible References

Repent

From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent! for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"

Then he began to reproach the towns in which his numerous wonders had been done, because they did not repent.

Men of Nineveh will rise with this age at the judgment and condemn it, for when Jonah preached they repented, and there is more than Jonah here!

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

John the baptizer appeared in the desert, and preached repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins.

So they went out and preached that men should repent,

No, I tell you; unless you repent, you will all perish as they did!

I tell you, in just that way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents, than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.

But he said, 'No! Father Abraham, but if someone will go to them from the dead, they will repent!'

and that repentance leading to the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the heathen in his name.

Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

So repent and turn to God, to have your sins wiped out, and happier times will come from the presence of the Lord,

When they heard this, they made no further objection, but they gave honor to God, and said, "Then God has given even the heathen repentance and the hope of life!"

While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent,

but earnestly urged Greeks as well as Jews to turn to God in repentance and to believe in our Lord Jesus.

but first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem and then all over Judea, and even to the heathen I preached that they must repent and turn to God and live as men who have repented should.

For the pain that God approves results in a repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets; but the world's pain results in death.

correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth,

Let us therefore leave elementary Christian teaching alone and advance toward maturity. We must not be always relaying foundations, of repentance for wrong-doing, and of faith in God,

The Lord is not slow about his promise, in the sense that some men think; he is really showing his patience with you, because he does not want any to perish, but wishes all men to be brought to repentance.

So remember how far you have fallen, and repent and do as you did at first, or else I will come to you and take your lampstand from its place, if you do not repent.

General references

and he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God.

and he sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.