Quotes About Repentance

The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ëHave patience with me,í he begged, ëand I will pay back everything.í

His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ëPay back what you owe me!í

So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ëHave patience with me, and I will pay you back.í

But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

Then the master summoned him and declared, ëYou wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

And He declared to them, “It is written: ëMy house will be called a house of prayer.í But you are making it ëa den of robbers.í”

ëI will not,í he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.