Luke 15:7

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

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 God's angels over one sinner who repents."

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

Luke 15:29

but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Luke 15:32

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"

Luke 16:15

But Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in men's eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God's sight.

Luke 18:9-11

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

Romans 7:9

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

Philippians 3:6-7

In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

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Summary

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.

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Bible References

Joy

Luke 15:32
It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Matthew 18:13
And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

Which

Luke 15:29
but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
Luke 16:15
But Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in men's eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God's sight.
Luke 18:9
Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Romans 7:9
And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
Philippians 3:6
In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

General references

Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Luke 18:21
The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

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