Luke 24:47

Good News Translation (US Version)

and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Cross References

Acts 5:31

God raised him to his right side as Leader and Savior, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.

Isaiah 49:6

The Lord said to me, “I have a greater task for you, my servant. Not only will you restore to greatness the people of Israel who have survived, but I will also make you a light to the nations— so that all the world may be saved.”

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20:21

To Jews and Gentiles alike I gave solemn warning that they should turn from their sins to God and believe in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 13:46

But Paul and Barnabas spoke out even more boldly: “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we will leave you and go to the Gentiles.

Matthew 28:19

Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Malachi 1:11

People from one end of the world to the other honor me. Everywhere they burn incense to me and offer acceptable sacrifices. All of them honor me!

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they stopped their criticism and praised God, saying, “Then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live!”

Acts 26:18

You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people.’

Daniel 9:24

“Seven times seventy years is the length of time God has set for freeing your people and your holy city from sin and evil. Sin will be forgiven and eternal justice established, so that the vision and the prophecy will come true, and the holy Temple will be rededicated.

Jeremiah 31:34

None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the Lord, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Psalm 86:9

All the nations that you have created will come and bow down to you; they will praise your greatness.

Matthew 3:2

“Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”

Hosea 2:23

I will establish my people in the land and make them prosper. I will show love to those who were called “Unloved,” and to those who were called “Not-My-People” I will say, “You are my people,” and they will answer, “You are our God.”

Psalm 22:27

All nations will remember the Lord. From every part of the world they will turn to him; all races will worship him.

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations.”

1 John 2:12

I write to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of Christ.

Colossians 1:27

God's plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God.

Acts 10:43

All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in him will have their sins forgiven through the power of his name.”

Acts 4:12

Salvation is to be found through him alone; in all the world there is no one else whom God has given who can save us.”

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do,

Micah 4:2

and their people will say, “Let us go up the hill of the Lord, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the Lord's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people.”

Isaiah 52:15

But now many nations will marvel at him, and kings will be speechless with amazement. They will see and understand something they had never known.”

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord will use his holy power; he will save his people, and all the world will see it.

Ephesians 3:8

I am less than the least of all God's people; yet God gave me this privilege of taking to the Gentiles the Good News about the infinite riches of Christ,

Ephesians 1:6

Let us praise God for his glorious grace, for the free gift he gave us in his dear Son!

Romans 5:20

Law was introduced in order to increase wrongdoing; but where sin increased, God's grace increased much more.

Acts 28:28

And Paul concluded: “You are to know, then, that God's message of salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!”

Acts 26:20

First in Damascus and in Jerusalem and then in the whole country of Israel and among the Gentiles, I preached that they must repent of their sins and turn to God and do the things that would show they had repented.

Luke 13:34

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets, you stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

Matthew 9:13

Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.”

Hosea 11:8

“How can I give you up, Israel? How can I abandon you? Could I ever destroy you as I did Admah, or treat you as I did Zeboiim? My heart will not let me do it! My love for you is too strong.

Isaiah 49:22

The Sovereign Lord says to his people: “I will signal to the nations, and they will bring your children home.

Isaiah 11:10

A day is coming when the new king from the royal line of David will be a symbol to the nations. They will gather in his royal city and give him honor.

Isaiah 5:4

Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?

Psalm 67:7

God has blessed us; may all people everywhere honor him.