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 are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners."
Matthew 18:13
And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.
Which
Luke 15:29
"'All these years,' replied the son, 'I have been slaving for you, and I have never at any time disobeyed any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, for me to enjoy myself with my friends;
Luke 16:15
"You are they," He said to them, "who boast of their own goodness before men, but God sees your hearts; for that which holds a proud position among men is detestable in God's sight.
Luke 18:9
And to some who relied on themselves as being righteous men, and looked down upon all others, He addressed this parable.
Romans 7:9
Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;
Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
General references
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners."
Luke 18:21
"All of those," he replied, "I have kept from my youth."
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."