Luke 15:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one repenting sinner than over the ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Thus, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind, abhorring his errors and misdeeds, and determines to enter upon a better course of life) than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

Common English Bible

⁷ In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes both heart and life than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to change their hearts and lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.

Luke 15:7 Cross References

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not cleansed from its filth.

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, amen I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t stray.

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance;

Luke 15:10

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:29

But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look, so many years I’ve slaved away for you—not once did I ignore your order. Yet you’ve never given me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Luke 15:32

But it was right to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead but has come back to life! He was lost, but is found.’”

Luke 15:6

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says, ‘Rejoice with me, for I’ve found my sheep that was lost!’

Luke 15:8

“Or which woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

Luke 16:15

But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”

Luke 5:32

I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful to repentance.”

Romans 7:9

Once I was alive apart from the Torah; but when the commandment came, sin came to life