Luke 15:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

Luke 5:32

I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.

Luke 15:10

So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

Luke 15:32

But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

Matthew 18:13

And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not astray.

Proverbs 30:12

A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Romans 7:9

And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,

Luke 16:15

And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

Luke 15:29

And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends:

Matthew 3:8

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.

Luke 15:6

And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

Luke 15:8

Or what woman having ten groats; if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?