Luke 15:7

New Messianic Version Bible

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Cross References

Luke 5:32

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Luke 15:10

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God-Theos over one sinner that repents.

Luke 15:32

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this youri brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Matthew 18:13

“If he should find it, truly I say to you he will rejoice over it more than the ninety-nine which did not go astray.”

Proverbs 30:12

[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.

Romans 7:9

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Luke 16:15

And he said unto them, You2f are they which justify yourselves before men; but God-Theos knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God-Theos.

Luke 15:29

And he answering said to [his] father, Lo, these many years do I serve youi, neither transgressed I at any time youri commandment: and yet youi never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Matthew 3:8

“Produce the fruit of perfect repentance”.

Luke 15:6

And when he comes home, he calls together [his] friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

Luke 15:8

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find [it]?