Luke 15:7

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• Luke 15:10
  Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
• Luke 5:32
  I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
• Luke 15:32
  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.But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
• Matthew 18:13
  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.And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
• Proverbs 30:12
  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
• Luke 18:9-11
  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.⁹ To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: ¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
• Philippians 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.⁶ as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless. ⁷ But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
• Romans 7:9
  For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
• Luke 16:15
  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.So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
• Luke 15:29
  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:But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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Topics

• Joy
• Parables of Jesus
• Repentance
• Shepherd