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 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 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 15:32
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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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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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Proverbs 30:12
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12 They are pure in their own eyes,
but they are filthy and unwashed.
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.
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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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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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 15:29
New Living Translation
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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