Luke 15:7

New American Bible - revised edition

I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. The Parable of the Lost Coin.

Cross References

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.” The Question About Fasting.

Luke 15:10

In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” The Parable of the Lost Son.

Luke 15:32

But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray.

Proverbs 30:12

There are some pure in their own eyes, yet not cleansed of their filth.

Romans 7:9

I once lived outside the law, but when the commandment came, sin became alive;

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God. Sayings About the Law.

Luke 15:29

He said to his father in reply, ‘Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends.

Matthew 3:8

Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance.

Luke 15:6

and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’

Luke 15:8

“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it?