Luke 15:7
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7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents (A)than over ninety-nine [a]just persons who (B)need no repentance.
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Luke 5:32
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32 (A)I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
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Luke 15:10
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10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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Luke 15:32
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32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, (A)for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”
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Matthew 18:13
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13 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
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Proverbs 30:12
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12 There is a generation (A)that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
Luke 18:9-11
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 Also He spoke this parable to some (A)who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee (B)stood and prayed thus with himself, (C)‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
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Philippians 3:6-7
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6 concerning zeal, (A)persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But (B)what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
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Romans 7:9
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9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
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Luke 16:15
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15 And He said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves (B)before men, but (C)God knows your hearts. For (D)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Luke 15:29
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29 So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.
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