Acts 26:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I began telling people to change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. And I told them to do what would show that they had really changed. I went first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.

Cross References

Acts 3:19

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

Matthew 3:8

Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, 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.

Revelation 2:5

So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do what you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Matthew 9:13

You need to go and learn what this Scripture means: ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’ I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”

Revelation 3:3

So don’t forget what you have received and heard. Obey it. Change your hearts and lives! You must wake up, or I will come to you and surprise you like a thief. You will not know when I will come.

Ephesians 4:17

I have something from the Lord to tell you. I warn you: Don’t continue living like those who don’t believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.

2 Corinthians 7:10

The kind of sorrow God wants makes people decide to change their lives. This leads them to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

People everywhere are already telling the story about the good way you accepted us when we were there with you. They tell about how you stopped worshiping idols and changed to serve the living and true God.

2 Corinthians 3:16

But when someone changes and follows the Lord, that covering is taken away.

Romans 2:4

God has been kind to you. He has been very patient, waiting for you to change. But you think nothing of his kindness. Maybe you don’t understand that God is kind to you so that you will decide to change your lives.

Acts 26:17

I will keep you safe from your own people and from the non-Jewish people, the ones I am sending you to.

Acts 20:21

I told everyone—Jewish and non-Jewish people—to change and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 17:30

In the past people did not understand God, and he overlooked this. But now he is telling everyone in the world to change and turn to him.

Acts 15:19

“So I think we should not make things hard for those who have turned to God from among the non-Jewish people.

Acts 11:18

When the Jewish believers heard this, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is also allowing even those who are not Jews to change their hearts so that they can have the life he gives!”

Acts 9:35

All the people living in Lydda and on the plain of Sharon saw him, and they decided to follow the Lord.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord Jesus said to Ananias, “Go! I have chosen Saul for an important work. I want him to tell other nations, their rulers, and the people of Israel about me.

Luke 15:10

In the same way, it’s a happy time for the angels of God when one sinner decides to change.”

Luke 15:7

In the same way, I tell you, heaven is a happy place when one sinner decides to change. There is more joy for that one sinner than for 99 good people who don’t need to change.

Luke 13:5

They were not. But I tell you if you don’t decide now to change your lives, you will all be destroyed too!”

Luke 13:3

No, they were not. But if you don’t decide now to change your lives, you will all be destroyed like those people!

Luke 1:16

“John will help many people of Israel return to the Lord their God.

Mark 6:12

The apostles left and went to other places. They talked to the people and told them to change their hearts and lives.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to tell people his message: “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”

Hosea 14:2

Think about what you will say, and come back to the Lord. Say to him, “Take away our sin, and accept these words as our sacrifice. We offer you the praise from our lips.

Hosea 12:6

So come back to your God. Be loyal to him. Do the right thing, and always trust in your God!

Revelation 16:11

They cursed the God of heaven because of their pain and the sores they had. But they refused to change their hearts and turn away from the evil things they did.

Revelation 2:21

I have given her time to change her heart and turn away from her sin, but she does not want to change.

Lamentations 3:40

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

Isaiah 55:7

Evil people should stop living evil lives. They should stop thinking bad thoughts. They should come to the Lord again, and he will comfort them. They should come to our God because he will freely forgive them.

Psalm 22:27

May those in faraway countries remember the Lord and come back to him. May those in distant lands worship him,

Jeremiah 18:11

“So, Jeremiah, say to the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am the potter preparing troubles for you and making plans against you. So stop doing the evil things you are doing. Each person must change and start doing good.’

Jeremiah 35:15

Time after time I have sent my servants the prophets to you. They said, “You must each stop doing evil things and do what is right. Don’t follow other gods. Don’t worship or serve them. If you obey me, you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have not paid attention to my message.

Acts 26:19

Paul continued speaking: “King Agrippa, after I had this vision from heaven, I obeyed it.