TSK · Matthew 4:17

Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.

He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

Preaching in Galilee and the Call of the Disciples Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.

and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,