Luke 15:7

Free Bible Version

I tell you that there's more joy in heaven over a sinner that repents than over ninety-nine good people who don't need to repent.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:12

There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed.

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, I tell you he really rejoices over that sheep more than the ninety-nine that didn't wander away.

Matthew 3:8

Show by what you do that you have truly repented,

Luke 15:10

I tell you there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner that repents.

Luke 15:29

He told his father, ‘Look, all these years I've served you, and never disobeyed you, but you never once gave me even a young goat so I could have a party with my friends.

Luke 15:32

But we should be happy and celebrate! This is your brother who was dead, but who has returned alive; he was lost but now he's found!’”

Luke 15:6

Once he gets home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Come and celebrate with me! I've found my lost sheep!’

Luke 15:8

Imagine a woman who has ten silver coins, and loses one of them. Wouldn't she light a lamp and sweep the house, carefully searching until she finds it?

Luke 16:15

But Jesus told them, “You appear pious to people, but God knows what you're thinking. What people value highly is detested by God.

Luke 5:32

“I didn't come to call those who are living right to repentance—I came to call sinners.”

Romans 7:9

I used to live without realizing what the law really meant, but when I understood the implications of that commandment, then sin came back to life, and I died.