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Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.(A)

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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)

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32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”(A)

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32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(A)

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10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”(A)

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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)

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32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”(A)

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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)

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13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

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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.

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12 There are those who are pure in their own eyes,
    yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.(A)

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12 those who are pure in their own eyes(A)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;(B)

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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

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.

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as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.(A)

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as for zeal,(A) persecuting the church;(B) as for righteousness based on the law,(C) faultless.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(D) for the sake of Christ.

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I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived

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Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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15 So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.(A)

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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.

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29 But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command, yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends.

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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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