Acts 26:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout the countryside of Judea, and also to the gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and do deeds consistent with repentance.

Cross References

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 18:11

Now, therefore, say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says the Lord: Look, I am a potter shaping evil against you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, all of you, from your evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them persistently, saying, “Turn now every one of you from your evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall live in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not incline your ear or obey me.

Lamentations 3:40

Let us test and examine our ways and return to the Lord.

Hosea 12:6

But as for you, return to your God; hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.

Hosea 14:2

Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.

Matthew 3:2

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Matthew 3:8

Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance,

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.”

Mark 6:12

So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent.

Luke 1:16

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.

Luke 13:5

No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish just as they did.”

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:7

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they were silenced. And they praised God, saying, “Then God has given even to the gentiles the repentance that leads to life.”

Acts 15:19

“Therefore I have reached the decision that we should not trouble those gentiles who are turning to God,

Acts 17:30

While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20:21

as I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Acts 26:17

I will rescue you from your people and from the gentiles—to whom I am sending you

Acts 26:19

“After that, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out,

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;

Acts 9:35

And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

2 Corinthians 3:16

but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.

Ephesians 4:17

Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer walk as the gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds;

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God

Revelation 16:11

and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, and they did not repent of their deeds.

Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 2:5

Remember, then, from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

Revelation 3:3

Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.