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2. Matthew 9:13 - Wikipedia

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   Augustine: " Luke adds to repentance, which explains the sense; that none should suppose that sinners are loved by Christ because they are sinners; and this comparison of the sick shows what God means by calling sinners, as a physician does the sick to be saved from their iniquity as from a sickness: which is done by penitence." [3]

3. Matthew 4:17 - Wikipedia

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   In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. The New International Version translates the passage as: From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." For a collection of other versions see BibleHub ...

4. Salvation in Christianity - Wikipedia

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   In the Gospels, Jesus is portrayed as calling for repentance from sin, and saying that God wants mercy rather than sacrifices (Matthew 9:13). Yet, he is also portrayed as "giving His life [as] a ransom for many" and applying the "suffering servant" passage of Isaiah 53 to himself (Luke 22:37).

5. Sinner's prayer - Wikipedia

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   William Holman Hunt's 19th century The Light of the World is an allegory of Jesus knocking on the door of the sinner's heart.. The Sinner's prayer (also called the Consecration prayer and Salvation prayer) is a Christian evangelical term referring to any prayer of repentance, prayed by individuals who feel sin in their lives and have the desire to form or renew a personal relationship.

6. Matthew 3:2 - Wikipedia

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   In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: "And saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." The New International Version translates the passage as: and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." [a]

7. Repentance in Christianity - Wikipedia

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   Emanuel Swedenborg and Jonathan S. Rose explain how repentance in the church as a whole is used to take away the serious evils that God cannot overlook; [10] Swedenborg and Rose explain how "acts of repentance include any and all actions that result in our not willing, and consequently not doing, evil things that are sins against God ...