Repentance of the Ninevites and Unrepentance of Israel in Matthew 12:41
Jesus contrasted the Jewish leaders, who refused to hear his words, with the Ninevites who repented at the preaching of Jonah and put away their bloodshed and violence.
Repentance in community
Repentance, Changed Way of Life, and John’s Baptism
Both John the Baptist and Jesus preached that repentance is required now, because God’s kingdom is now all around us. But the focus of that required repentance was right treatment of each other, not religious works.