Verse 7

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Referenced Verses

• Luke 5:32 : 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
• Luke 15:10 : 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
• Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
• Matt 18:13 : 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
• Luke 15:32 : 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
• Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
• Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
• Luke 15:29 : 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
• Phil 3:6-7 : 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
• Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.