A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Luke 15:7 - 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. 更多版本King 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. English Standard Version 2016 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. |
A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not astray.
So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.
And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends:
But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.
And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?
Or what woman having ten groats; if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?
And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.