yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly,’
Matthew 3:2 - Y'all Version Bible “Y’all must repent, for the Empire of Heaven has come near!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. American Standard Version (1901) Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Common English Bible “Change your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!” Catholic Public Domain Version and saying: "Repent. For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. |
yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly,’
Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
Tell them, ‘“As surely as I live,” says Lord YHWH, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Y’all must turn, turn from your* evil ways! Why will y’all die, house of Israel?”’
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
As y’all are going, preach this message, ‘The Empire of Heaven has come near!’
Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his miracles had been done, because they didn’t repent.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah. Now look! Something greater than Jonah is here.
He answered them, “Y’all have been granted to know the mysteries of the Empire of Heaven, but it has not been granted to them.
Jesus presented another parable, saying, “The Empire of Heaven is like a man who sowed excellent seed in his field,
He presented another parable to them, saying, “The Empire of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a human took and sowed in his field.
Then he told them another parable. “The Empire of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”
“Once again, the Empire of Heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind.
He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Empire of Heaven is like a human owner of a house, who brings out of their treasure new and old things.”
Therefore the Empire of Heaven is like a human king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
“For the Empire of Heaven is like a human landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
“The Empire of Heaven is like a human king, who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
“Woe to y’all, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Y’all keep shutting humans out of the Empire of Heaven. For y’all do not enter it, but neither to do allow others to enter.
“At that time, the Empire of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
“For it is like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
From that time on Jesus began to preach and say, “Y’all must repent! For the Empire of Heaven has come near.”
Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the empire, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Empire of Heaven.
Let your empire come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
But y’all seek first the Empire of God and ʜɪꜱ righteousness, and all these things will also be given to y’all.
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Empire of God is near! Y’all repent and believe in the gospel.”
John the Baptizer appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
But if I cast out demons by God’s finger, then the Empire of God has come upon y’all.
No, I tell y’all! But unless y’all repent, all y’all will perish likewise.
No, I tell y’all! But unless y’all repent, all y’all will perish as well.”
In the same way, I tell y’all, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
I tell y’all that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.
“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
In the same way, when y’all see these things happening, y’all should know that the Empire of God is near.
and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached in his name to all ethnic groups, beginning at Jerusalem.
Then looking up at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are the poor, for y’all’s is the Empire of God.
and he sent them out to preach the Empire of God and to heal the sick.
When they heard this, they ceased their objections and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted repentance to life even to the ethnic groups!”
Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands that all humanity everywhere should repent,
Peter said to them, “Y’all must repent and be baptized, every one of y’all, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your* sins. And y’all will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
testifying to both Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
but first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and all throughout Judea, then also to the ethnic groups, I proclaimed that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of repentance.
“Therefore, y’all must repent and turn back, so that your* sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the face of the Lord,
For godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to salvation, without regret. But worldly sorrow produces death.
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and brought us into the empire of ʜɪꜱ beloved Son,
correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to knowledge of the truth,
Therefore, let us move beyond the elementary teaching about Christ and press on toward maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God,
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness. Rather ʜᴇ is patient with us, not wishing anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.
I gave her time to repent, but she did not want to repent of her sexual immorality.
Therefore, you must remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I am coming to you, and will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.