Luke 15:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

I say to you, that likewise there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

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  • Luke 5:32 : 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes and yet is not cleansed from their filthiness.
  • Matt 18:13 : 13 And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad: for this your brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost and is found.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
  • Luke 15:29 : 29 And he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years I have served you, nor have I transgressed at any time your commandment: and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends:
  • Phil 3:6-7 : 6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 15:8-11
    4 verses
    89%

    8Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it?

    9And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I lost.

    10Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • Matt 18:11-14
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    85%

    11For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

    12What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that has gone astray?

    13And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.

    14Even so, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    84%

    3And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

    4What man among you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

    5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

  • Luke 15:17-27
    11 verses
    74%

    17And when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough to spare, and I perish with hunger!

    18I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,

    19And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants.

    20And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

    21And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.

    22But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

    23And bring the fatted calf here and kill it; and let us eat and be merry:

    24For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

    25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

    26And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

    27And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.

  • Luke 15:30-32
    3 verses
    74%

    30But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.

    31And he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

    32It was right that we should make merry and be glad: for this your brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost and is found.

  • Luke 19:10
    71%

    10For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • 2 Cor 7:9
    68%

    9Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing.

  • Luke 13:5
    67%

    5I tell you, No: but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.

  • Luke 7:41
    67%

    41There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

  • Matt 21:31-32
    2 verses
    66%

    31Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax collectors and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and harlots believed him, and when you had seen it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.

  • Luke 5:32
    66%

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

  • Luke 17:3-4
    2 verses
    66%

    3Take heed to yourselves: If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

    4And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him.

  • Luke 13:3
    66%

    3I tell you, No: but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.

  • Matt 10:15
    66%

    15Truly I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

  • Jas 5:19-20
    2 verses
    66%

    19Brethren, if any of you stray from the truth, and someone turns him back;

    20Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.

  • Luke 13:23
    66%

    23Then one said to him, Lord, are there few that are saved? And he said to them,

  • Luke 17:17-18
    2 verses
    66%

    17And Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

    18Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?

  • Luke 15:13
    66%

    13And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey to a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

  • Matt 18:23
    66%

    23Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 18:13-14
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    65%

    13And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

    14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

  • Mark 2:17
    65%

    17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  • Luke 15:1
    65%

    1Then all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to him to hear him.

  • Luke 14:15
    65%

    15And when one of them who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 9:13
    65%

    13But go and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.