Though God has overlooked those times of ignorance, he now commands everyone everywhere to repent,

"I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind!

Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other.

"Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters! Also, you that have no money, come, buy, and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

"Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest. Place my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest for your souls, because my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light."

So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are distant, whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

But I ask, "Didn't they hear?" Certainly they did! In fact, "Their voice has gone out into the whole world, and their words to the ends of the earth."

yet their message goes out into all the world, and their words to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent for the sun in the heavens,