Luke 15:7

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I tell you, it will be the same in heaven. There will be more celebration for one sinner who turns away from sin than for 99 godly people who don’t have sins they need to turn away from.

Cross References

Luke 5:32

I haven’t come to call those who are right with God. I’ve come to help sinners turn away from their sins.”

Luke 15:10

I tell you, it’s the same in heaven. There’s celebration in heaven over one sinner who turns away from sin.”

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead, but now he’s alive again; he was lost, but now he has been found.’ ”

Matthew 18:13

Truly I tell you, if he finds that sheep, he’ll be happier about it than about the 99 that didn’t wander off.

Romans 7:9

Before I knew about the law, I was alive. But then the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died.

Luke 16:15

Jesus told them, “You try to make yourselves look good in the eyes of other people, but God knows your hearts. There are things that people value highly that God can’t stand.

Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve worked like a slave for you. I’ve always obeyed your orders. But you’ve never given me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Matthew 3:8

If you have turned away from your sins, you have to live in a way that shows that.

Luke 15:6

and go home. Then he’ll call his friends and neighbors together and say, ‘Celebrate with me, I’ve found the sheep that was lost!’

Luke 15:8

“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?