Luke 15:10

Easy To Read Version

In the same way, the angels of God are very happy when one sinner changes his heart.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:23

The Lord my Master says, “I don’t want bad people to die. I want them to change their lives so they can live!

Ezekiel 33:11

“You must say to them, ‘The Lord my Master says: On my life, I promise, I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want those evil people to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so they can really live! So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’

Matthew 10:32

“When a person stands before other people and says he believes in me, then I will say that person belongs to me. I will say this before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:10

“Be careful. Don’t think these little children are worth nothing. I tell you that these children have angels in heaven. And those angels are always with my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:14

In the same way, your Father in heaven does not want any of these little children to be lost.

Luke 12:8

“I tell you, if any person stands before other people and is willing to say that he believes in me, then I {\cf2\super [224]} will say that person belongs to me. I will say this before the angels of God.

Luke 12:9

But if any person stands before people and says he does not believe in me, then I will say that person does not belong to me. I will say this before the angels of God.

Luke 13:5

They were not! But I tell you if you don’t change your hearts and lives, then you will all be destroyed too!”

Luke 15:11

Then Jesus said, “A man had two sons.

Luke 15:7

In the same way, I tell you, heaven is a happy place when one sinner changes his heart. There is more joy for that one sinner than there is for 99 good people that don’t need to change their hearts.

Luke 15:9

And when she finds the lost coin, she will call her friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me because I have found the coin that I lost!’

Luke 7:47

I tell you that her many sins are forgiven. This is clear, because she showed great love. But the person that feels only a little need to be forgiven will feel only a little love when he is forgiven.”

Acts 11:18

When the Jewish believers heard these things, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing the non-Jewish people to change their hearts and have life the same as us!”

Acts 5:19

But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail. The angel led the apostles outside and said,

2 Corinthians 7:10

Being sorry like God wants makes a person change his heart and life. This leads a person to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.

Hebrews 1:14

All the angels are spirits who serve God and are sent to help those people who will receive salvation.