Matthew 4:17

Jesus Chooses Some Followers

¹⁶ The people that were living in darkness have seen a great light, and on those that were living in the land of the shadow of death; a light has dawned." ¹⁷ From that time Jesus continued to preach and say, "Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near." ¹⁸ As He was walking by the shore of the sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was summed Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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Matthew 3:2

and saying, "Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near."

Mark 1:14-15

Now after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God:

Luke 24:47

and that in His name repentance as the condition for the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the nations. Beginning at Jerusalem

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, "You must repent -- and, as an expression of it, let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ -- that you may have your sins forgiven; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they had no answer to make, but gave God the glory, saying, "So God has given even the heathen the repentance that leads to life."

Acts 17:30

Though God overlooked those times of ignorance, He now commands all men everywhere to repent,

Acts 20:21

but constantly and earnestly I urged Greeks as well as Jews to turn with repentance to God and to have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Matthew 9:13

Go, learn what this means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want.' It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

Matthew 10:7

And as you go continue to preach, 'The kingdom of heaven is near.'

Matthew 11:12

And from the days of John the Baptist until the present moment the kingdom of heaven has been continuously taken by storm, and those who take it by storm are seizing it as a precious prize.

Matthew 13:9

Let him who has ears listen."

Matthew 13:11

He answered: "It is you and not they who are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 13:24

He told them another story, as follows: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed seed in his field.

Matthew 13:47

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was let down into the sea, and gathered fish of every kind,

Matthew 25:1

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Luke 5:32

It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."

Luke 9:2

and then He sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to cure the sick.

Luke 10:11-14

'We are wiping off against you the very dust from your town that has stuck to our feet. But understand this, the kingdom of God is close by.'

Luke 15:7

Just so, I tell you, 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.

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one sinful person who repents!"

Acts 3:19

So now repent and turn to Him, to have your sins wiped out, that times of revival may come from the presence of the Lord,

Acts 26:20

but I began to preach first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem, and all over Judea, and then to the heathen, to repent and turn to God, and to live lives consistent with such repentance.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

With gentleness he must correct his opponents, for God might grant them repentance that would lead them to a full knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 6:1

So then let us once for all quit the elementary teaching about Christ and continue progressing toward maturity; let us stop relaying a foundation of repentance from works that mean only death, and of faith in God,