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Verb metanoeō (to change mind) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
3: 2 | "Change your mind (metanoeō), for the kingdom of heaven has come near." |
4: 17 | From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Change your mind (metanoeō), for the kingdom of heaven has come near." |
11: 20 | Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not change their mind (metanoeō). |
11: 21 | "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their mind (metanoeō) long ago in sackcloth and ashes. |
12: 41 | The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they changed their mind (metanoeō) at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here! |
Mark
1: 15 | and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; change your mind (metanoeō), and believe in the good news." |
6: 12 | So they went out and proclaimed that all should change their mind (metanoeō). |
Luke
10: 13 | "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their mind (metanoeō) long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. |
11: 32 | The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they changed their mind (metanoeō) at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here! |
13: 3 | No, I tell you; but unless you change your mind (metanoeō), you will all perish as they did. |
13: 5 | No, I tell you; but unless you change your mind (metanoeō), you will all perish just as they did." |
15: 7 | Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes his mind (metanoeō) than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. |
15: 10 | Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who changes his mind (metanoeō)." |
16: 30 | He said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will change their mind (metanoeō).' |
17: 3 | Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if he changes his mind (metanoeō), you must forgive. |
17: 4 | And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, 'I change my mind (metanoeō),' you must forgive." |
Acts
2: 38 | Peter said to them, "Change your mind (metanoeō), and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
3: 19 | Change your mind (metanoeō) therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, |
8: 22 | Change your mind (metanoeō) therefore with respect to this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. |
17: 30 | While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to change their mind (metanoeō), |
26: 20 | but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout the countryside of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should change their mind (metanoeō) and turn to God and do deeds consistent with repentance. |
2 Corinthians
12: 21 | I fear that when I come again, my God may humble me before you, and that I may have to mourn over many who previously sinned and have not changed their mind (metanoeō) with respect to the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced. |
Revelation
2: 5 | Remember then from what you have fallen; change your mind (metanoeō), and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind (metanoeō). |
2: 16 | Change your mind (metanoeō) then. If not, I will come to you soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth. |
2: 21 | I gave her time to change her mind (metanoeō), but she refuses to change her mind (metanoeō) with respect to her fornication. |
2: 22 | Beware, I am throwing her on a bed, and those who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great distress, unless they change their mind (metanoeō) with respect to her doings; |
3: 3 | Remember then what you received and heard; obey it, and change your mind (metanoeō). If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. |
3: 19 | I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and change your mind (metanoeō). |
9: 20 | The rest of humankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not change their mind (metanoeō) with respect to the works of their hands or give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. |
9: 21 | And they did not change their mind (metanoeō) with respect to their murders or their sorceries or their fornication or their thefts. |
16: 9 | they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not change their mind (metanoeō) and give him glory. |
16: 11 | and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, and they did not change their mind (metanoeō) of their deeds. |
1 Samuel (LXX: 1 Kings)
15: 29 | And Israel shall be divided to two: and God will not turn nor change his mind (metanoeō), for he is not as a man to change his mind (metanoeō). |
Isaiah (LXX)
46: 8 | Remember ye these things, and groan: change your mind (metanoeō), ye that have gone astray, return in your heart; |
Jeremiah (LXX)
4: 28 | For these things let the earth mourn, and let the sky be dark above: for I have spoken, and I will not change my mind (metanoeō); I have purposed, and I will not turn back from it. |
8: 6 | Hearken, I pray you, and hear: will they not speak thus, There is no man that changes his mind (metanoeō) with respect to his wickedness, saying, What have I done? the runner has failed from his course, as a tired horse in his neighing. |
18: 8 | and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I change my mind (metanoeō) with respect to the evils which I purposed to do to them. |
18: 10 | and they do evil before me, so as not to hearken to my voice, then will I change my mind (metanoeō) with respect to the good which I spoke of, to do it to them. |
31 (38): 19 | For after my captivity I changed my mind (metanoeō); and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and shewed thee that I bore reproach from my youth. |
Amos (LXX)
7: 3 | Change your mind (metanoeō), O Lord, for this. And this shall not be, saith the Lord. |
7: 6 | Change your mind (metanoeō), O Lord, for this. This also shall not be, saith the Lord. |
Joel (LXX)
2: 13 | and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy, and changes his mind (metanoeō) with respect to evils. |
2: 14 | Who knows if he will return, and change his mind (metanoeō), and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the Lord your God? |
Jonas (LXX)
3: 9 | Who knows if God will change his mind (metanoeō), and turn from his fierce anger, and so we shall not perish? |
3: 10 | And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God changed his mind (metanoeō) with respect to the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did it not. |
4: 2 | And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tharsis; because I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and change your mind (metanoeō) with respect to evil. |
Zechariah (LXX)
8: 14 | For thus saith the Lord Almighty; As I took counsel to afflict you when your fathers provoked me, saith the Lord Almighty, and I did not change my mind (metanoeō): |
Proverbs (LXX)
20: 25 | It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for in that case after vowing he changes his mind (metanoeō). |
24: 32 | Thereafter I changed my mind (metanoeō); I looked around in order to glean discipline. |
30: 1 | My son, reverence my words, and receive them, and change your mind (metanoeō).] These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease. |
Sirach (LXX)
17: 24 | But unto them that change their mind (metanoeō), he granted them return, and comforted those that failed in patience. |
48: 15 | For all this the people did not change their mind (metanoeō), neither departed they from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David: |
Wisdom (LXX)
5: 3 | And they changing their mind (metanoeō) and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach: |
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