Isa 1:18, 55:7, Eze 18:21, Mat 9:13, 21:28-32, Act 3:19, 20:21, 26:20 | ESV | STEP | Come now , let us reason together, says the Lord : though your sins are like scarlet , they shall be as white as snow ; though they are red like crimson , they shall become like wool .

t[See ver. 29 above]

uSee ch. 2:38

vSee Luke 22:32

w Ps. 51:1, 9; Isa. 43:25; 44:22; Col. 2:14

x ver. 24; ch. 18:5

y Mark 1:15; Heb. 6:1; See ch. 2:38

z[Eph. 1:15; Col. 1:4; 1 Tim. 3:13]

aa ch. 9:19, 20

ab ch. 9:26-29; 22:17-20

acSee ch. 13:46

adSee ch. 2:38

aeSee ch. 14:15

af Matt. 3:8; Luke 3:8

Isaiah 1:18

18 “Come now, ^alet us reason ^{▼▼Or dispute} together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as ^cwhite as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 55:7

7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Ezekiel 18:21

21 ^d“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does ^ewhat is just and right, ^fhe shall surely live; he shall not die.

Matthew 9:13

13 Go and learn ^gwhat this means: ^h‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ⁱI came not to call the righteous, ^jbut sinners.”

Matthew 21:28-32

The Parable of the Two Sons

28 ^k“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in ^lthe vineyard today.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he ^mchanged his mind and went. 30 And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ⁿthe tax collectors and ^othe prostitutes go into ^pthe kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you ^qin the way of righteousness, and ^ryou did not believe him, but ^sthe tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward ^tchange your minds and believe him.

Acts 3:19

19 ^uRepent therefore, and ^vturn back, that ^wyour sins may be blotted out,

Acts 20:21

21 ^xtestifying both to Jews and to Greeks of ^yrepentance toward God and of ^zfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:20

20 but declared first ^aato those in Damascus, ^abthen in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also ^acto the Gentiles, that they should ^adrepent and ^aeturn to God, performing deeds ^afin keeping with their repentance.