Quotes About Repentance

Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

ëEven the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.í

I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!

And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.í”

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

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.

Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,

And he will answer, ëI tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.í

So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of Godís angels over one sinner who repents.”

Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.