nSee Matt. 18:28
Daniel 9:9
9 aTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against himDaniel 9:19
19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. bDelay not, cfor your own sake, O my God, because dyour city and eyour people are called by your name.”Jonah 4:2
2And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? fThat is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ggracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and hrelenting from disaster.Micah 7:18
God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 iWho is a God like you, jpardoning iniquityand passing over transgression
kfor the remnant of his inheritance?
lHe does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
Luke 1:77
77to give knowledge of salvation to his peoplemin the forgiveness of their sins,
Luke 7:40-42
40And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.”41“A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred ndenarii, and the other fifty. 42 oWhen they could not pay, he pcancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
Luke 7:47-50
47Therefore I tell you, her sins, qwhich are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48And he said to her, r“Your sins are forgiven.” 49Then those who were at table with him began to say among ▼▼Or to
themselves, t“Who is this, who even forgives sins?” 50And he said to the woman, u“Your faith has saved you; vgo in peace.” Luke 24:47
47and that wrepentance for the ▼▼Some manuscripts for
forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed yin his name zto all nations, aabeginning from Jerusalem.
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