I say to you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Treasury of Scripture joy. Luke 15:32 It was meet 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 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Matthew 18:13 And if so be that he find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. which. Luke 15:29 And he answering said to his father, See, these many years do I serve you, neither transgressed I at any time your commandment... Luke 16:15 And he said to them, You are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts... Luke 18:9-11 And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others... Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. Romans 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Philippians 3:6,7 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless...
Context The Parable of the Lost Sheep
1Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them. 3And he spoke this parable to them, saying, 4What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find 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. 7I say to you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.
Darby Bible Translation
I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
'I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
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