Luke 15:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

I saye vnto you: Eue so shal there be ioye in heauen ouer one synner that doth pennaunce, more then ouer nyne and nyentye righteous, which nede not repentaunce.

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  • Luke 5:32 : 32 I am not come to call ye righteous, but sinners to repentauce.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Euen so (I tell you) shal there be ioye before the angels of God, ouer one synner yt doth pennaunce.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 The generacion that thynke them selues cleane, shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse.
  • Matt 18:13 : 13 And yf it happen that he fynde it, verely I saye vnto you: he reioyseth more ouer it, then ouer the nyentie & nyene which wete not astraye.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 thou shuldest be mery and glad, for this yi brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde agayne.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he sayde vnto them: Ye are they that iustifie yor selues before men, but God knoweth youre hertes. For yt which is hye amonge men, is an abhominacion before God.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And vnto certayne which trusted in the selues, that they were perfecte, and despysed other,he spake this symilitude: 10 There wente vp two men in to the teple, to praye: the one a Pharise, the other a publican. 11 The Pharise stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: I thanke the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican.
  • Luke 15:29 : 29 But he answered, and sayde vnto his father: Lo, thus many yeares haue I done the seruyce, nether haue I yet broken thy commaundement, and thou gauest me neuer one kydd, yt I might make mery with my frendes.
  • Phil 3:6-7 : 6 as concernynge feruentnes I persecuted the cogregacion: and as touchinge the righteousnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable. 7 But the thinges that were vauntage vnto me, haue I counted losse for Christes sake.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 As for me, I lyued some tyme without lawe. Howbeit whan the commaundement came, synne reuyued, but I was deed.

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  • Luke 15:8-11
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    8 Or what woman is it that hath ten grotes, yf she loose one of them, that lighteth not a candell, and swepeth the house, and seketh diligently, tyll she fynde it?

    9 And whan she hath founde it, she calleth hir frendes & neghbouresses, and sayeth: Reioyce with me, for I haue foude my grote, which I had lost.

    10 Euen so (I tell you) shal there be ioye before the angels of God, ouer one synner yt doth pennaunce.

    11 And he sayde: A certayne man had two sonnes,

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    11 for the sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost.

    12 How thinke ye? Yf a man haue an hundreth shepe, and one of the be gone astraye, doth not he leaue the nyentie and nyene in the mountaynes, and goeth, and seketh that one which is gone astraye?

    13 And yf it happen that he fynde it, verely I saye vnto you: he reioyseth more ouer it, then ouer the nyentie & nyene which wete not astraye.

    14 Euen so is it not the will before youre father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shulde perishe.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    3 But he tolde the this symilitude, and sayde:

    4 What man is he amonge you, that hath an hundreth shepe, and yf he loose one of the, that leaueth not the nyne and nyentye in the wyldernesse, and goeth after that which is lost tyll he fynde it?

    5 And whan he hath founde it, he layeth it vpon his shulders with ioye:

    6 and whan he commeth home, he calleth his fredes and neghbours, and sayeth vnto the: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my shepe, yt was lost.

  • Luke 15:17-27
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    17 Then came he to him self, and sayde: How many hyred seruauntes hath my father, which haue bred ynough, and I perish of honger?

    18 I wil get vp, and go to my father, and saye vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst heauen and before the,

    19 and am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.

    20 And he gat him vp, & came vnto his father. But whan he was yet a greate waye of, his father sawe him, and had copassion, and ranne, and fell aboute his neck, and kyssed him.

    21 Then sayde the sonne vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst heaue, and before the, I am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne.

    22 But the father sayde vnto his seruauntes: Brynge forth the best garment, and put it vpon him, and geue him a rynge vpon his hande, and shues on his fete,

    23 and brynge hither a fed calfe, and kyll it, lat vs eate and be mery:

    24 for this my sonne was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde. And they beganne to be mery.

    25 But the elder sonne was in the felde. And whan he came, and drewe nye to the house, he herde ye mynstrelsye and daunsynge,

    26 and called one of the seruauntes vnto him, and axed what it was.

    27 He sayde vnto him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath slayne a fed calfe, because he hath receaued him safe and sounde.

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    30 But now that this thy sonne is come, which deuoured his goodes with harlottes, thou hast slayne a fed calfe.

    31 But he sayde vnto him: My sonne, thou art allwaye with me, and all that is myne, is thine:

    32 thou shuldest be mery and glad, for this yi brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde agayne.

  • 10 For the sonne of ma is come, to seke and to saue that which was lost.

  • 9 But now I reioyce, not that ye were sory, but that ye were sory to repentaunce. For ye sorowed godly, so that in nothinge ye were hurte by vs.

  • 5 I tell you naye: but excepte ye amende youre selues, ye shal all perishe likewyse.

  • 41 A certayne lender had two detters, the one ought fyue hundreth pens, the other fiftie:

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    31 Whether of them twayne dyd the wil of the father? They sayde vnto him: the first. Iesus sayde vnto the: Verely I saye vnto you: The publicans and harlottes shal come in to the kyngdome of God before you.

    32 For Ihon came vnto you, and taught you ye right waye and ye beleued him not: but the publicans & harlottes beleued hi. As for you, though ye sawe it, yet were ye not moued with repetaunce, that ye might afterwarde haue beleued him.

  • 32 I am not come to call ye righteous, but sinners to repentauce.

  • Luke 17:3-4
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    3 Take hede to youre selues. Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, rebuke him:

    4 and yf he amende, forgeue him. And though he synne agaynst the seuen tymes in a daye, and come seuen tymes in a daye to ye agayne, and saye: It repenteth me, forgeue him.

  • 3 I tell you naye, but excepte ye amede youre selues, ye shal all perishe likewyse.

  • 15 Truly I saye vnto you: it shall be easyer for ye londe of Sodoma and Gomorra in ye daye of iudgment, then for that cite.

  • Jas 5:19-20
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    19 Brethren, yf eny of you erre fro the trueth and another conuert him,

    20 let ye same knowe that he which conuerted the synner from goynge astraye out off his waye, shal saue a soule fro death, and shal hyde the multitude of synnes.

  • 23 And one sayde vnto him: LORDE, are there few (thinkest thou) that shalbe saued? But he sayde vnto them:

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    17 Iesus answered and saide: Are there not ten clensed? But where are those nyne?

    18 There were els none founde, that turned agayne, and gaue God the prayse, saue onely this strauger.

  • 13 And not longe therafter, gathered the yonger sonne all together, & toke his iourney in to a farre countre, and there waisted he his goodes with ryotous lyuynge.

  • 23 Therfore is ye kingdome of heaue lickened vnto a kynge which wolde reken wt his seruauntes.

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    13 And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner.

    14 I tell you: This man wente downe in to his house iustified more the the other. For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

  • 17 Whan Iesus herde that, he sayde vnto the: The whole nede not ye Phisician, but they that are sycke. I am not come to call the righteous, but the synners to repetaunce.

  • 1 There resorted vnto him all the publicans and synners, that they might heare him.

  • 15 Whan one of them that sat by at the table herde this, he sayde vnto him: Blessed is he, that eateth bred in ye kyngdome of God.

  • 13 Go and learne, what that meaneth: I haue pleasure in mercy, and not in offerynge. For I am not come to call the righteous, but ye synners to repentaunce,