Mat 3:2, 8-9, 4:17, 21:28-32, Luk 15, Act 3:19, 17:30, 20:21, 26:20 | ESV | STEP | Repent , for the kingdom of heaven is at hand .

8 Bear fruit ^cin keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ^d‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from ^ethese stones to raise up children for Abraham.

Matthew 4:17

17 ^fFrom that time Jesus began to preach, saying, ^g“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 21:28-32

The Parable of the Two Sons

28 ^h“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in ⁱthe vineyard today.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he ^jchanged 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, ^kthe tax collectors and ^lthe prostitutes go into ^mthe kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you ⁿin the way of righteousness, and ^oyou did not believe him, but ^pthe tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward ^qchange your minds and believe him.

Luke 15

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1 Now ^rthe tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes ^sgrumbled, saying, ^t“This man receives sinners and ^ueats with them.”

3 So he told them this parable: 4 ^v“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, ^wif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine ^xin the open country, and ^ygo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, ^zhe lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for ^aaI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ^abrepents than over ninety-nine ^acrighteous persons who need no repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, ^{▼▼Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day’s wage for a laborer} if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before ^aethe angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

The Parable of the Prodigal Son

11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me ^afthe share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided ^aghis property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in ^ahreckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to ^{▼▼Greek joined himself to} one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he ^ajwas longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

17 “But ^akwhen he ^alcame to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, ^amI have sinned against ^anheaven and before you. 19 ^aoI am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ^apran and ^aqembraced him and ^arkissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. ^asI am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add treat me as one of your hired servants} 22 But the father said to his servants, ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} ‘Bring quickly ^avthe best robe, and put it on him, and put ^awa ring on his hand, and ^axshoes on his feet. 23 And bring ^aythe fattened calf and kill it, and ^azlet us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son ^bawas dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

25 “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ 28 But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, 29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might ^bbcelebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, ^bcwho has devoured ^bdyour property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ 31 And he said to him, ‘Son, ^beyou are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 It was fitting ^bfto celebrate and be glad, for this your brother ^bgwas dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”

Acts 3:19

19 ^bhRepent therefore, and ^biturn back, that ^bjyour sins may be blotted out,

Acts 17:30

30 ^bkThe times of ignorance ^blGod overlooked, but ^bmnow he ^bncommands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 20:21

21 ^botestifying both to Jews and to Greeks of ^bprepentance toward God and of ^bqfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:20

20 but declared first ^brto those in Damascus, ^bsthen in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also ^btto the Gentiles, that they should ^burepent and ^bvturn to God, performing deeds ^bwin keeping with their repentance.