Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
General references
Bible References
Joy
Luke 15:32
We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.'"
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent."
Matthew 18:13
And, if he succeeds in finding it, I tell you that he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not stray.
Which
Luke 15:29
'No,' he said to his father, 'look at all the years I have been serving you, without ever once disobeying you, and yet you have never given me even a kid, so that I might have a merry-making with my friends.
Luke 16:15
"You," said Jesus, "are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 18:9
Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded every one else with scorn, Jesus told this parable--
Romans 7:9
There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!
Philippians 3:6
As to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.
General references
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent."
Luke 18:21
"I have observed all these," he replied, "from childhood."
Luke 19:10
The Son of Man has come to 'search for those who are lost' and to save them."