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."

The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah's son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

for as long as that righteous man lived among them, day after day he was being tortured in his righteous soul by what he saw and heard in their lawless actions

Little children, don't let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah is righteous.

"Righteous Father, the world has never known you. Yet I have known you, and these men have known that you sent me.

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you,

Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.

"Then he said, "The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear his own voice,

I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish that there is to be a resurrection of the righteous and the wicked.

For in the gospel God's righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith."

But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

For it is not merely those who hear the Law who are righteous in God's sight. No, it is those who follow the Law, who will be justified.

As it is written, "Not even one person is righteous.

He wanted to demonstrate at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies anyone who has the faithfulness of Jesus.

Likewise, David also speaks of the blessedness of the person whom God regards as righteous apart from actions:

For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person.

For just as through one man's disobedience many people were made sinners, so also through one man's obedience many people will be made righteous.

so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to human nature but according to the Spirit.

Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

I tell all of you with certainty, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them."

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let the person who has ears listen!"

That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,

Now it is obvious that no one is justified in the sight of God by the Law, because "The righteous will live by faith."

Through the Spirit by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope,

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering.

that is, if he understands that the Law is not intended for righteous people but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who are unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people,

By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!

"Then the righteous will say to him, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

The victor's crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on the day that he comes, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.

But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.

When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."