Acts 3:19

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So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God and he will forgive your sins.

Cross References

Psalm 103:12

And God has taken our sins\par as far away from us\par as the east is from the west.\par

Psalm 51:13

I will teach sinners\par how you want them to live,\par and they will come back to you.\par

Psalm 51:9

Don’t look at my sins!\par Erase them all!\par

Isaiah 43:25

“I, I am the One who wipes away all your sins. I do this to please myself. I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22

Your sins were like a big cloud.\par But I wiped away those sins.\par Your sins are gone,\par like a cloud that disappeared into thin air.\par I rescued and protected you,\par so come back to me!”\par

Isaiah 51:11

The Lord will save his people.\par They will return to Zion {\cf2\super [419]} with joy.\par They will be very, very happy.\par Their happiness will be like\par a crown on their heads forever.\par They will be singing with joy.\par All sadness will be gone far away.\par

Isaiah 6:10

Confuse the people. Make the people not able to understand the things they hear and see. If you don’t do this, then people might really understand the things they hear with their ears. The people might really understand in their minds. If they did this, then the people might come back to me and be healed (forgiven)!”

Isaiah 61:3

God sent me to the sad people of Zion. \{I will get them ready for the celebration.\} I will take away the ashes on their head, and I will give them a crown. I will take away their sadness, and I will give them the oil of happiness. I will take away their sorrow, and I will give them celebration clothes. God sent me to name those people ‘Good Trees’ and ‘The Lord’s Wonderful Plant.’

Isaiah 61:9

Everyone in all nations will know my people. Everyone will know the children from my nation. Any person that sees them will know that the Lord blesses them.”

Jeremiah 36:3

Maybe the family of Judah will hear what I am planning to do to them. And maybe they will stop doing bad things. If they will do that, I will forgive them for the bad sins they have done.”

Jeremiah 50:20

The Lord says,\par “At that time, people will try hard\par to find Israel’s guilt.\par But there will be no guilt.\par People will try to find Judah’s sins,\par but no sins will be found.\par Why? Because I am saving a few\par survivors {\cf2\super [410]} from Israel and Judah.\par And I am forgiving them\par for all of their sins.”\par

Lamentations 3:40

Let us check and see what we have done.\par Then let us turn back to the Lord.\par

Lamentations 5:21

Bring us back to you, Lord.\par We will gladly come back to you.\par Make our lives like they were before.\par

Ezekiel 33:11

“You must say to them, ‘The Lord my Master says: On my life, I promise, I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want those evil people to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so they can really live! So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’

Daniel 9:13

All of those terrible things happened to us. This happened just like it is written in the Law of Moses. But we still have not asked the Lord for help! We still have not stopped sinning. We still do not pay attention to your truth, Lord.

Hosea 14:2

Think about the things you will say. And come back to the Lord. Say to him,

Joel 2:13

Tear your hearts, not your clothes.” {\cf2\super [13]} \par Come back to the Lord your God.\par He is kind and merciful.\par He does not become angry quickly.\par He has great love.\par Maybe he will change his mind\par about the bad \{punishment he planned\}.\par

Matthew 13:15

Yes, the minds of these people\par (the Jews) are now closed.\par They have ears,\par but they don’t listen.\par And they refuse to see \{the truth\}.\par If their minds were not closed,\par they might see with their eyes;\par they might hear with their ears;\par they might understand with their minds.\par Then they might turn back to me and be healed.\par \i (Isaiah 6:9-10)\i0 \par

Matthew 18:3

Then Jesus said, “I tell you the truth. You must change and become like little children \{in your hearts\}. If you don’t do this, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:16

John will help many Jews return to the Lord their God.

Luke 22:57

But Peter said this was not true. He said, “Lady, I don’t know him.”

Acts 1:6

The apostles {\cf2\super [4]} were all together. They asked Jesus, “Lord, is this the time for you to give the Jews their kingdom again?”

Acts 11:18

When the Jewish believers heard these things, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing the non-Jewish people to change their hearts and have life the same as us!”

Acts 11:21

The Lord was helping the believers. And a large group of people believed and started following the Lord (Jesus).

Acts 15:3

The church helped the men leave on the trip. These men went through the countries of Phoenicia and Samaria. In these countries they told all about how the non-Jewish people had turned to the true God. This made all the brothers very happy.

Acts 17:26

God began by making one man (Adam). From him God made all the different people. God made them to live everywhere in the world. God decided exactly when and where they must live.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, {\cf2\super [42]} each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Then God will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [43]}

Acts 28:27

Yes, the minds of these people (the Jews) are now closed.\par They have ears, but they don’t listen.\par And they refuse to see \{the truth\}.\par If their minds were not closed,\par they might see with their eyes;\par they might hear with their ears;\par they might understand with their minds.\par Then they might turn back to me and be healed.”\par \i (Isaiah 6:9-10)\i0 \par

Acts 3:20

Then the Lord (God) will give you times of spiritual rest. He will give you Jesus, the One he chose to be the Christ.

Acts 3:21

But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when all things will be made right again. God told about this time when he spoke long ago through his holy prophets.

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this secret truth, brothers and sisters. This truth will help you understand that you don’t know everything. The truth is this: Part of Israel {\cf2\super [124]} has been made stubborn. But that will change when enough non-Jews have come to God.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

This will happen on the day when the Lord \{Jesus\} comes. Jesus will come to receive glory with his holy people. {\cf2\super [2]} And all the people who have believed will be amazed at Jesus. You will be in that group of believers, because you believed the things we told you.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

And God will give peace to you people who are troubled. And he will give peace to us. God will give us this help when the Lord Jesus is shown to us. Jesus will come from heaven with his powerful angels.

2 Timothy 2:25

The Lord’s servant must gently teach those people that don’t agree with him. Maybe God will let those people change their hearts so that they can accept the truth.

Hebrews 4:1

And we still have that promise God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter and have God’s rest. {\cf2\super [22]} So we should be very careful, so that none of you fail to get that promise.

1 Peter 2:25

You were like sheep that went the wrong way. But now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your lives.

2 Peter 3:8

But don’t forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.

Revelation 21:4

God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. All the old ways are gone.”