Luke 15:7
I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.
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- Luke 5:32 : 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
- Luke 15:10 : 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
- Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation who are pure in their own opinion and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- Matt 18:13 : 13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
- Luke 15:32 : 32 It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
- Luke 16:15 : 15 But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
- Luke 18:9-9 : 9 The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else. 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers– or even like this tax collector.
- Luke 15:29 : 29 but he answered his father,‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
- Phil 3:6-7 : 6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless. 7 But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.
- Rom 7:9 : 9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
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- Luke 15:8-114 verses89%
8“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?
9Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying,‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’
10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.
- Matt 18:12-143 verses85%
12What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?
13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
- Luke 15:3-64 verses84%
3So Jesus told them this parable:
4“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?
5Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
- Luke 15:17-2711 verses74%
17But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
18I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
19I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’
20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.
21Then his son said to him,‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22But the father said to his slaves,‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!
23Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
24because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
25“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
26So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.
27The slave replied,‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’
- Luke 15:30-323 verses74%
30But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
31Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.
32It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
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10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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9Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.
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5No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”
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41“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
- Matt 21:31-322 verses66%
31Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
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32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
- Luke 17:3-42 verses66%
3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying,‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
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3No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
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15I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!
- Jas 5:19-202 verses66%
19My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
20he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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23Someone asked him,“Lord, will only a few be saved?” So he said to them,
- Luke 17:17-182 verses66%
17Then Jesus said,“Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
18Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
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13After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
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23The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
- Luke 18:13-142 verses65%
13The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’
14I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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17When Jesus heard this he said to them,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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1The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
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15The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”
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13Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”