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So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
Mark 6:12 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB They went out and preached that people should repent.
  • KJV And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
  • NKJV So they went out and preached that people should repent.
  • NASB And they went out and preached that people are to repent.
  • NLT So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to God.

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The disciples go out and preach that people should repent.

Overview

Obeying Jesus, the twelve proclaim the same message of repentance that he and John the Baptist preached. Their preaching calls people to turn from sin in light of the coming kingdom. This faithful proclamation marks the heart of the church's continuing mission in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Matt 4:17From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  • Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Luke 13:3No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
  • Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • Ezek 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
  • Luke 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
  • Luke 24:47and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
  • Matt 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  • Matt 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
  • Acts 11:18When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
  • Luke 15:10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
  • Luke 13:5No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
  • Mark 1:15“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
  • Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
  • Matt 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
  • Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
  • Luke 15:7In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
  • Matt 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  • 2 Tim 2:25–26He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
  • Mark 1:3“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
  • Luke 9:6So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.
  • 2 Cor 7:9–10And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

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Christ at the center

Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

How Mark 6:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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