Luke 15:6

New Living Translation

When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’

Cross References

Psalm 119:176

I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come and find me, for I have not forgotten your commands.

Luke 1:58

And when her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very merciful to her, everyone rejoiced with her.

Luke 15:10

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

Luke 15:24

for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.

Luke 15:5

And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders.

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!

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command.

John 3:29

It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

Acts 15:3

The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them—much to everyone’s joy—that the Gentiles, too, were being converted.

Philippians 1:4

Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy,

Philippians 2:17

But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God, just like your faithful service is an offering to God. And I want all of you to share that joy.

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!

1 Peter 2:10

“Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.”

1 Peter 2:25

Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.