Luke 15:7
I say vnto you, that lykewyse ioy shalbe in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons, which neede no repentaunce.
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- Luke 5:32 : 32 I came not to call the ryghteous: but sinners to repentaunce.
- Luke 15:10 : 10 Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.
- Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse.
- Matt 18:13 : 13 And yf it so be that he fynde it, veryly I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine, which went not astray.
- Luke 15:32 : 32 It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde.
- Luke 16:15 : 15 And he sayde vnto them, Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes. For that which is hyghly esteemed among men, is abhominable in the syght of God.
- Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he tolde this parable vnto certayne which trusted in them selues, that they were perfect, and despised other. 10 Two men went vp into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publicane. 11 The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane.
- Luke 15:29 : 29 He aunswered and sayde to his father: Lo, these many yeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any tyme thy commaundement, and yet thou neuer gauest me a kidde to make mery with my friendes:
- Phil 3:6-7 : 6 Concernyng feruentnesse, persecutyng the Churche: touchyng ye righteousnesse which is in ye lawe, I was blamelesse. 7 But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me, those I counted losse for Christes sake.
- Rom 7:9 : 9 I once lyued without lawe: But when the commaundement came, sinne reuyued,
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- Luke 15:8-114 verses89%
8 Either what woman, hauyng tenne peeces of siluer, yf she loose one, doth not lyght a candle, and swepe the house, and seke diligently tyll she fynde it?
9 And when she hath founde it, she calleth her louers & her neyghbours together, saying: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde the peece which I had lost.
10 Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.
11 And he sayde. A certayne man had two sonnes:
- Matt 18:11-144 verses85%
11 For the sonne of man, is come to saue that which was lost.
12 Howe thynke ye? If a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leaue ninetie & nine, and goeth into the mountaynes, and seketh that which went astray?
13 And yf it so be that he fynde it, veryly I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine, which went not astray.
14 Euen so, it is not the wyll of your father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe.
- Luke 15:3-64 verses84%
3 But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:
4 What man of you, hauyng an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse, and go after that which is lost, vntyll he fynde it?
5 And when he hath founde it, he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy:
6 And assoone as he commeth home, he calleth together his louers and neyghbours, saying vnto them: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost.
- Luke 15:17-2711 verses74%
17 Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?
18 I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way of, his father sawe him, & had compassion, and ranne, and fell on his necke, and kissed hym.
21 And the sonne sayde vnto him: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and in thy syght, and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.
22 But the father saide to his seruauntes: bryng foorth the best garment, and put it on hym, and put a ryng on his hande, and shoes on his feete:
23 And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:
24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.
25 The elder brother was in the fielde: and when he came and drewe nye to the house, he hearde minstrelsie & daunsing,
26 And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.
27 And he sayde vnto hym: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fat calfe, because he hath receaued hym safe and sounde.
- Luke 15:30-323 verses74%
30 But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe.
31 And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne,
32 It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde.
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10 For the sonne of man is come to seke, and to saue that which was lost.
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9 I nowe reioyce, not that ye were sorie, but that ye so sorowed to repent: for ye sorowed godly, so that in nothyng ye were hurt by vs.
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5 I tell you naye: but except ye repent, ye shall all lykewyse peryshe.
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41 There was a certayne lender, which had two detters: The one ought fyue hundred pence, and the other fyftie.
- Matt 21:31-322 verses66%
31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you.
32 For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene it were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym.
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32 I came not to call the ryghteous: but sinners to repentaunce.
- Luke 17:3-42 verses66%
3 Take heede to your selues: If thy brother trespasse agaynst thee, rebuke hym: and yf he repent, forgeue hym.
4 And though he sinne agaynst thee seuen tymes in a day, and seuen tymes in a day turne agayne to thee, saying, it repenteth me: thou shalt forgeue hym.
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3 I tell you naye: but except ye repent, ye shall all lykewyse peryshe.
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15 Ueryly I say vnto you, it shalbe easier for the lande of the Sodomites and Gomorreans, in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.
- Jas 5:19-202 verses66%
19 Brethren, yf any of you do erre from the trueth, and another conuert hym,
20 Let the same knowe, that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes.
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23 Then sayde one vnto hym: Lorde, are there fewe that be saued? And he sayde vnto them:
- Luke 17:17-182 verses66%
17 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde: Are there not ten clensed? But where are those nine?
18 There are not founde that returned agayne, to geue God prayse, saue only this straunger.
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13 And not long after, when the younger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his goodes with riotous lyuyng.
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23 Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.
- Luke 18:13-142 verses65%
13 And the publicane standyng a farre of, woulde not lyft vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, saying: God be mercifull to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man departed home to his house iustified, rather then the other. For euery one that exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.
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17 When Iesus hearde that, he saide vnto them: They that be whole, haue no nede of the phisition, but they that are sicke: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentaunce.
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1 Then resorted vnto hym all the publicanes and sinners, for to heare hym.
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15 When one of them, that sate at meate also, hearde these thynges, he sayde vnto hym: Happy is he that eateth bread in the kyngdome of God.
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13 Go ye, and learne what that meaneth, I wyll haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come, to call the righteous, but sinners to repentaunce.