Luke 15:7

A Conservative Version

I say to you, that thus there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

Cross References

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

Luke 15:10

Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.

Luke 15:32

But it was needful to make merry and be glad, because this thy brother was dead, and became alive again, and was lost, and was found.

Matthew 18:13

And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you, that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.

Romans 7:9

And I was alive once apart from law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 15:29

But having answered, he said to his father, Lo, so many years do I serve thee, and I never passed by a commandment of thine, and yet thou never gave me a goat that I might be merry with my friends.

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance.

Luke 15:6

And when he comes to the house, he calls together his men friends and his men neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.

Luke 15:8

Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it?