John 15:11
"These things I have spoken to you in order that I may have joy in you, and that your joy may become perfect.
Hebrews 7:25
Hence too He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, seeing that He ever lives to plead for them.
Luke 15:5-6
And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder, glad at heart.
Luke 15:23-24
Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves;
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.'"
John 13:1
Now just before the Feast of the Passover this incident took place. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father; and having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.