Luke 15:7

American Standard Version 2015

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

Cross References

Luke 5:32

I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.}\par

Luke 15:10

Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.}\par

Luke 15:32

But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive {\i again}; and {\i was} lost, and is found.}\par

Matthew 18:13

And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,\par\tab And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Romans 7:9

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

Luke 16:15

And he said unto them, {\cf6 Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 15:29

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and {\i yet} thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Matthew 3:8

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

Luke 15:6

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

Luke 15:8

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?