Luke 15:7 Cross References - Murdock

⁷ I say to you, that there will thus be joy in heaven, over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just ones, to whom repentance was not necessary.

¹³ And if he find it, verily I say to you, that he rejoiceth in it, more than in the ninety and nine that did not stray.

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

¹⁰ I say to you, That there will thus be joy, before the angels of God, over one sinner that repenteth.

²⁹ And he said to his father: Lo, these many years have I labored in thy service, and never transgressed thy command; and thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

³² But it was proper for us to be merry, and to rejoice; because this thy brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.

¹⁵ And Jesus said to them: Ye are such as justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your heart: for that which is exalted among men, is abominable before God.

⁹ And he spake this similitude, against certain persons, who had confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and despised every one. ¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹ And the Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I have not been like the rest of men, rapacious, oppressive, and adulterous; nor like this publican.

⁹ And I, without the law, was alive formerly; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died;

⁶ as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; and as to the righteousness of the law, I was without fault. ⁷ But these things, which had been my excellence, I have accounted a detriment, because of the Messiah.