Bible Verses About Penitent

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee,

and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

and the son said to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

and having brought the fatted calf, kill it , and having eaten, we may be merry,

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

and he said to him--Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;

but when thy son--this one who did devour thy living with harlots--came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

`Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things--as many as I possess.

`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me--the sinner!

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

`Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;