Luke 15:7
"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."
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- Luke 15:10
"Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."
Read in chapter → - Luke 5:32
"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Read in chapter → - Luke 15:32
"It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 18:13
"And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 30:12
"There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness."
Read in chapter → - Luke 18:9
"And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:"
Read in chapter → - Philippians 3:6
"Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless."
Read in chapter → - Luke 16:15
"And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."
Read in chapter → - Romans 7:9
"For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died."
Read in chapter → - Luke 15:29
"And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:"
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