Luke 15:29
But he answered his father, 'See! I have served you all these years and have never disobeyed a command of yours, but you have never given me even a kid, so that I could celebrate with my friends.
Matthew 20:12
and say, 'These last worked only one hour, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us who have borne the heavy burdens and scorching heat of the day.'
Luke 15:7
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.
Luke 17:10
So you too, when you do all that you are ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done.'"
Luke 18:9
To some people who were confident that they themselves were upright, but who scorned everybody else, He told the following story:
Luke 18:11-12
The Pharisee stood and said this self-centered prayer, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, robbers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.
Luke 18:20-21
You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Practice honoring your father and mother.'"
Luke 19:21
For I lived in constant dread of you, because you are a stern man, you pick up what you did not put down, you reap what you did not sow.'
Romans 3:20
Because no human creature can be brought into right standing with God by observing the law. For all the law can do is to make men conscious of sin.
Romans 3:27
So where has human boasting gone? It was completely shut out. On what principle? On that of doing something? No, but on the principle of faith.
Romans 7:9
I was once alive when I had no connection with the law, but when the command came, sin revived, and then I died;
Romans 10:3
For they were ignorant of God's way of right standing and were trying to set up one of their own, and so would not surrender to God's way of right standing.
Philippians 3:4-6
though I too might rely on these. If anyone thinks that he can rely on outward privileges, far more might I do so:
1 John 1:8-10
If we claim "We are already free from sin," we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in our hearts.
Revelation 2:17
Let everyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give to him who conquers some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone with a new name written on it which no one knows except the man who receives it."'"
Revelation 3:17
Because you say, 'I am rich, I have already become rich, I need nothing,' and you do not know that you are the very one that is wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked;