There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth.
Luke 15:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind, abhorring his errors and misdeeds, and determines to enter upon a better course of life) than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance. American Standard Version (1901) I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance. Common English Bible In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes both heart and life than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to change their hearts and lives. Catholic Public Domain Version I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. |
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth.
And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over that sheep more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.’
But he replied to his father, “Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” ’
and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbours together, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep! ”
‘Or what woman who has ten silver coins, , if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
And he told them, ‘You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.
Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again