Luke 15:7

God's Word

I can guarantee that there will be more happiness in heaven over one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts than over 99 people who already have turned to God and have his approval.”

Cross References

Proverbs 30:12

A certain kind of person thinks he is pure but is not washed from his own feces.

Matthew 18:13

I can guarantee this truth: If he finds it, he is happier about it than about the 99 that have not strayed.

Matthew 3:8

Do those things that prove you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act.

Luke 15:10

So I can guarantee that God’s angels are happy about one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts.”

Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, ‘All these years I’ve worked like a slave for you. I’ve never disobeyed one of your commands. Yet, you’ve never given me so much as a little goat for a celebration with my friends.

Luke 15:32

But we have something to celebrate, something to be happy about. This brother of yours was dead but has come back to life. He was lost but has been found.’ ”

Luke 15:6

goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says to them, ‘Let’s celebrate! I’ve found my lost sheep!’

Luke 15:8

“Suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house, and look for the coin carefully until she finds it?

Luke 16:15

So Jesus said to them, “You try to justify your actions in front of people. But God knows what’s in your hearts. What is important to humans is disgusting to God.

Luke 5:32

I’ve come to call sinners to change the way they think and act, not to call people who think they have God’s approval.”

Romans 7:9

At one time I was alive without any laws. But when this commandment came, sin became alive