Luke 15:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:12

There are those who are pure in their own eyes, yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

Matthew 3:8

Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance,

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command, yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends.

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”

Luke 15:6

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.’

Luke 15:8

“Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

Luke 16:15

So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived