Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
For the Son of man came to seek and save that which was lost.
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.