Luke 15:7

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

Luke 15:10

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Proverbs 30:12

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

Matthew 18:13

If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’”

Luke 16:15

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Luke 18:9-11

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

Philippians 3:6-7

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.

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Summary

Luke 15:7

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Joy

Luke 15:32

Luke 5:32

Matthew 18:13

Which

General references

Luke 5:32

Luke 18:21

Luke 19:10

Bible References

Joy

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’”

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

Which

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.

General references

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”