Luke 15:7 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁷ 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 have no need of repentance.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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.

Luke 15:7 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 18:13

And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.

Matthew 3:8

Produce fruit consistent with repentance.

Luke 15:10

In the same way, 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, ‘Behold, all these years I have served yoʋ and have never disobeyed yoʋr command, yet yoʋ have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends.

Luke 15:32

But it was proper to celebrate and rejoice, for yoʋr brother was dead but is now alive again; he was lost but has now been found.’ ”

Luke 15:6

Then he returns home and 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 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?

Luke 16:15

So he said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 5:32

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

Romans 7:9

Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.