TSK · Matthew 4:17

But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God,

He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

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

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

"Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,