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Luke 15:7
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Luke 15:7
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7 In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!
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Luke 15:7
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Luke 15:7
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7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.(A)
Luke 5:32
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Luke 5:32
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32 I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.”
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Luke 5:32
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Luke 5:32
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32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(A)
Luke 15:10
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Luke 15:10
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10 In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.”
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Luke 15:10
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Luke 15:10
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10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”(A)
Luke 15:32
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Luke 15:32
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32 We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”
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Luke 15:32
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Luke 15:32
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32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”(A)
Matthew 18:13
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Matthew 18:13
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13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!
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Matthew 18:13
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Matthew 18:13
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13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
Proverbs 30:12
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Proverbs 30:12
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12 They are pure in their own eyes,
but they are filthy and unwashed.
Proverbs 30:12
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Proverbs 30:12
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Luke 18:9-11
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Luke 18:9-11
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Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector
9 Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else: 10 “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer[a]: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!
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- 18:11 Some manuscripts read stood and prayed this prayer to himself.
Luke 18:9-11
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Luke 18:9-11
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness(A) and looked down on everyone else,(B) Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray,(C) one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself(D) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Philippians 3:6-7
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Philippians 3:6-7
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6 I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.
7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.
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Philippians 3:6-7
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Philippians 3:6-7
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6 as for zeal,(A) persecuting the church;(B) as for righteousness based on the law,(C) faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(D) for the sake of Christ.
Romans 7:9
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Romans 7:9
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9 At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life,
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Romans 7:9
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Romans 7:9
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9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Luke 16:15
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Luke 16:15
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15 Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.
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Luke 16:15
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Luke 16:15
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15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves(A) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.(B) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
Luke 15:29
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Luke 15:29
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29 but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends.
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Luke 15:29
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Luke 15:29
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29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
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