Luke 15:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

I say vnto you, that likewise ioy shall be in heauen for one sinner that conuerteth, more then for ninetie and nine iust men, which neede none amendement of life.

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  • Luke 5:32 : 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
  • Matt 18:13 : 13 And if so be that he finde it, verely 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 merie, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and hee was lost, but he is found.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 He spake also this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were iust, and despised other. 10 Two men went vp into the Temple to pray: the one a Pharise, and the other a Publican. 11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
  • Luke 15:29 : 29 But he answered & said to his father, Loe, these many yeeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any time thy commadement, and yet thou neuer gauest mee a kidde that I might make merie with my friends.
  • Phil 3:6-7 : 6 Concerning zeale, I persecuted ye Church: touching the righteousnesse which is in the Law, I was vnrebukeable. 7 But the thinges that were vantage vnto me, the same I counted losse for Christes sake.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 For I once was aliue, wtout the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,

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  • Luke 15:8-11
    4 verses
    89%

    8Either what woma hauing ten groates, if she lose one groate, doth not light a candle, & sweepe the house, and seeke diligently till shee finde it?

    9And when shee hath found it, shee calleth her friendes, and neighbours, saying, Reioyce with me: for I haue found the groate which I had lost.

    10Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.

    11He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes.

  • Matt 18:11-14
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    85%

    11For the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.

    12How thinke ye? If a man haue an hundreth sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doeth he not leaue ninetie & nine, & go into the mountaines, and seeke that which is gone astray?

    13And if so be that he finde it, verely I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray:

    14So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    3Then spake hee this parable to them, saying,

    4What man of you hauing an hundreth sheepe, if hee lose one of them, doeth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he finde it?

    5And when he hath found it, he laieth it on his shoulders with ioye.

    6And when he commeth home, he calleth together his friendes and neighbours, saying vnto them, Reioyce with mee: for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost.

  • Luke 15:17-27
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    74%

    17Then he came to him selfe, & said, Howe many hired seruaunts at my fathers haue bread ynough, and I die for hunger?

    18I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,

    19And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired seruants.

    20So hee arose and came to his father, and when hee was yet a great way off, his father sawe him, and had compassion, and ranne and fell on his necke, and kissed him.

    21And the sonne sayde vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and before thee, and am no more worthie to be called thy sonne.

    22Then the father said to his seruaunts, Bring foorth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feete,

    23And bring the fat calfe, and kill him, & let vs eate, and be merie:

    24For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found; they began to be merie.

    25Nowe the elder brother was in the fielde, and when he came and drewe neere to the house, he heard melodie, and dauncing,

    26And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant.

    27And hee sayde vnto him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatte calfe, because he hath receiued him safe and sound.

  • Luke 15:30-32
    3 verses
    74%

    30But when this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy good with harlots, thou hast for his sake killed the fat calfe.

    31And he said vnto him, Sonne, thou art euer with me, and al that I haue, is thine.

    32It was meete that we shoulde make merie, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and hee was lost, but he is found.

  • Luke 19:10
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    10For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.

  • 2 Cor 7:9
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    9I nowe reioyce, not that ye were sorie, but that ye sorowed to repentance: for ye sorowed godly, so that in nothing ye were hurt by vs.

  • Luke 13:5
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    5I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish.

  • Luke 7:41
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    41There was a certaine lender which had two detters: the one ought fiue hundreth pence, and the other fiftie:

  • Matt 21:31-32
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    31Whether of them twaine did the will of the father? They saide vnto him, The first. Iesus saide vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots goe before you into the kingdome of God.

    32For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnes, and yee beleeued him not: but the Publicanes, and the harlots beleeued him, and ye, though ye sawe it, were not mooued with repentance afterward, that ye might beleeue him.

  • Luke 5:32
    66%

    32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  • Luke 17:3-4
    2 verses
    66%

    3Take heede to your selues: if thy brother trespasse against thee, rebuke him: and if hee repent, forgiue him.

    4And though he sinne against thee seuen times in a day, and seuen times in a day turne againe to thee, saying, It repenteth mee, thou shalt forgiue him.

  • Luke 13:3
    66%

    3I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish.

  • Matt 10:15
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    15Truely I say vnto you, it shall be easier for them of the lande of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.

  • Jas 5:19-20
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    19Brethren, if any of you hath erred from the trueth, and some man hath conuerted him,

    20Let him knowe that he which hath conuerted the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shal hide a multitude of sinnes.

  • Luke 13:23
    66%

    23Then saide one vnto him, Lorde, are there fewe that shalbe saued? And he said vnto them,

  • Luke 17:17-18
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    66%

    17And Iesus answered, and said, Are there not tenne clensed? but where are the nine?

    18There is none founde that returned to giue God praise, saue this stranger.

  • Luke 15:13
    66%

    13So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.

  • Matt 18:23
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    23Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.

  • Luke 18:13-14
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    13But the Publican standing a farre off, woulde not lift vp so much as his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saying, O God, be mercifull to me a sinner.

    14I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.

  • Mark 2:17
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    17Now when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole haue no neede of the Physicion, but the sicke. I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.

  • Luke 15:1
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    1Then resorted vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, to heare him.

  • Luke 14:15
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    15Nowe when one of them that sate at table, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God.

  • Matt 9:13
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    13But goe yee and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.