Luke 15:7

The Scriptures 1998

“I say to you that in the same way there shall be more joy in the heaven over one sinner repenting, than over ninety-nine righteous ones who need no repentance.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation, clean in its own eyes, But not washed from its own filth.

Matthew 18:13

“And if he should find it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

Matthew 3:8

“Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance,

Luke 15:10

“I say to you, in the same way there is joy in the presence of the messengers of Elohim over one sinner repenting.”

Luke 15:29

“And answering, he said to his father, ‘See, these many years I have been serving you, and I have never transgressed a command of yours, but to me you have never given a young goat, so I could rejoice with my friends.

Luke 15:32

‘And we had to rejoice and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive, and was lost and is found.’ ”

Luke 15:6

“And having come home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

Luke 15:8

“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she finds it?

Luke 16:15

so He said to them, “You are those who declare yourselves righteous before men, but Elohim knows your hearts, because what is highly thought of among men is an abomination in the sight of Elohim.

Luke 5:32

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

Romans 7:9

And I was alive apart from the Torah once, but when the command came, the sin revived, and I died.