Isa 55:6-7, 57:15, Mat 18:11, Luk 4:18-19, 15:7, 10, 18:10-14, 19:10, 24:47 | ESV | STEP | Seek the Lord while he may be found ; call upon him while he is near ;

6 ^a“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
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.

Isaiah 57:15

15 For thus says ^bthe One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is ^cHoly:
^d“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also ^ewith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
^fto revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Matthew 18:11

Luke 4:18-19

18 ^g“The Spirit of the Lord ^his upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ⁱproclaim good news to the poor.
^jHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^krecovering of sight to the blind,
^lto set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 ^mto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 15:7

7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ⁿrepents than over ninety-nine ^orighteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 15:10

10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before ^pthe angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 18:10-14

10 “Two men ^qwent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, ^rstanding by himself, prayed ^{▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself} ^tthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 ^uI fast twice a week; ^vI give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, ^wstanding far off, ^xwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^ybeat his breast, saying, ‘God, ^zbe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For ^aaeveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 19:10

10 For ^abthe Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke 24:47

47 and that ^acrepentance for the ^{▼▼Some manuscripts for} forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed ^aein his name ^afto all nations, ^agbeginning from Jerusalem.