Luke 15:10

New Living Translation

In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:23

“Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign Lord. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.

Ezekiel 18:32

I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign Lord. Turn back and live!

Ezekiel 33:11

As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?

Matthew 10:32

“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:10

“Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.

Matthew 18:14

In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.

Luke 12:8

“I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels.

Luke 12:9

But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God’s angels.

Luke 13:5

No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too.”

Luke 15:11

To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.

Luke 15:7

In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!

Luke 15:9

And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost coin.’

Luke 7:47

“I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.”

Acts 11:18

When the others heard this, they stopped objecting and began praising God. They said, “We can see that God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of repenting of their sins and receiving eternal life.”

Acts 5:19

But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them,

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.

Philemon 1:15

It seems you lost Onesimus for a little while so that you could have him back forever.

Hebrews 1:14

Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.