Luke 15:7

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

Luke 5:32

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

Luke 15:10

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

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
yet is not washed from its filth.

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

Luke 15:29

But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

Luke 16:15

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

Luke 18:9-11

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

Romans 7:9

Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life

Philippians 3:6-7

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, 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

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General references

Luke 5:32

Luke 18:21

Luke 19:10

Bible References

Joy

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

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

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

Which

But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
yet is not washed from its filth.

Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

General references

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

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

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