Bible Verses About Repentance

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

So they set out and preached that the people should repent.

He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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.

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.”

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.

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

Then Jesus told them this parable:

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’

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.

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’

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