Luke 15:7
In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need to repent."
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance."
Luke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you that there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents."
Proverbs 30:12
Some people view themselves as pure, but haven't been cleansed from their own filth.
Matthew 18:13
If he finds it, I tell all of you with certainty that he rejoices over it more than over the 99 that haven't strayed.
Luke 15:29
But he answered his father, "Listen! All these years I've worked like a slave for you. I've never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you've never given me so much as a young goat for a festival 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 has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"
Luke 16:15
So he told them, "You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God.
Luke 18:9-11
Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves, thinking they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:
Romans 7:9
At one time I was alive without any connection to the Law. But when the rule was revealed, sin sprang to life,
Philippians 3:6-7
As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.