Luke 15:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

I saye vnto you: Eue so shal there be ioye in heauen ouer one synner that doth pennaunce, more then ouer nyne and nyentye righteous, which nede not repentaunce.

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  • Luke 5:32 : 32 I am not come to call ye righteous, but sinners to repentauce.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Euen so (I tell you) shal there be ioye before the angels of God, ouer one synner yt doth pennaunce.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 The generacion that thynke them selues cleane, shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse.
  • Matt 18:13 : 13 And yf it happen that he fynde it, verely I saye vnto you: he reioyseth more ouer it, then ouer the nyentie & nyene which wete not astraye.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 thou shuldest be mery and glad, for this yi brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde agayne.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he sayde vnto them: Ye are they that iustifie yor selues before men, but God knoweth youre hertes. For yt which is hye amonge men, is an abhominacion before God.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And vnto certayne which trusted in the selues, that they were perfecte, and despysed other,he spake this symilitude: 10 There wente vp two men in to the teple, to praye: the one a Pharise, the other a publican. 11 The Pharise stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: I thanke the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican.
  • Luke 15:29 : 29 But he answered, and sayde vnto his father: Lo, thus many yeares haue I done the seruyce, nether haue I yet broken thy commaundement, and thou gauest me neuer one kydd, yt I might make mery with my frendes.
  • Phil 3:6-7 : 6 as concernynge feruentnes I persecuted the cogregacion: and as touchinge the righteousnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable. 7 But the thinges that were vauntage vnto me, haue I counted losse for Christes sake.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 As for me, I lyued some tyme without lawe. Howbeit whan the commaundement came, synne reuyued, but I was deed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 15:8-11
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    8Or what woman is it that hath ten grotes, yf she loose one of them, that lighteth not a candell, and swepeth the house, and seketh diligently, tyll she fynde it?

    9And whan she hath founde it, she calleth hir frendes & neghbouresses, and sayeth: Reioyce with me, for I haue foude my grote, which I had lost.

    10Euen so (I tell you) shal there be ioye before the angels of God, ouer one synner yt doth pennaunce.

    11And he sayde: A certayne man had two sonnes,

  • Matt 18:11-14
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    11for the sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost.

    12How thinke ye? Yf a man haue an hundreth shepe, and one of the be gone astraye, doth not he leaue the nyentie and nyene in the mountaynes, and goeth, and seketh that one which is gone astraye?

    13And yf it happen that he fynde it, verely I saye vnto you: he reioyseth more ouer it, then ouer the nyentie & nyene which wete not astraye.

    14Euen so is it not the will before youre father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shulde perishe.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    3But he tolde the this symilitude, and sayde:

    4What man is he amonge you, that hath an hundreth shepe, and yf he loose one of the, that leaueth not the nyne and nyentye in the wyldernesse, and goeth after that which is lost tyll he fynde it?

    5And whan he hath founde it, he layeth it vpon his shulders with ioye:

    6and whan he commeth home, he calleth his fredes and neghbours, and sayeth vnto the: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my shepe, yt was lost.

  • Luke 15:17-27
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    17Then came he to him self, and sayde: How many hyred seruauntes hath my father, which haue bred ynough, and I perish of honger?

    18I wil get vp, and go to my father, and saye vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst heauen and before the,

    19and am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.

    20And he gat him vp, & came vnto his father. But whan he was yet a greate waye of, his father sawe him, and had copassion, and ranne, and fell aboute his neck, and kyssed him.

    21Then sayde the sonne vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst heaue, and before the, I am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne.

    22But the father sayde vnto his seruauntes: Brynge forth the best garment, and put it vpon him, and geue him a rynge vpon his hande, and shues on his fete,

    23and brynge hither a fed calfe, and kyll it, lat vs eate and be mery:

    24for this my sonne was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde. And they beganne to be mery.

    25But the elder sonne was in the felde. And whan he came, and drewe nye to the house, he herde ye mynstrelsye and daunsynge,

    26and called one of the seruauntes vnto him, and axed what it was.

    27He sayde vnto him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath slayne a fed calfe, because he hath receaued him safe and sounde.

  • Luke 15:30-32
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    30But now that this thy sonne is come, which deuoured his goodes with harlottes, thou hast slayne a fed calfe.

    31But he sayde vnto him: My sonne, thou art allwaye with me, and all that is myne, is thine:

    32thou shuldest be mery and glad, for this yi brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde agayne.

  • Luke 19:10
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    10For the sonne of ma is come, to seke and to saue that which was lost.

  • 2 Cor 7:9
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    9But now I reioyce, not that ye were sory, but that ye were sory to repentaunce. For ye sorowed godly, so that in nothinge ye were hurte by vs.

  • Luke 13:5
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    5I tell you naye: but excepte ye amende youre selues, ye shal all perishe likewyse.

  • Luke 7:41
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    41A certayne lender had two detters, the one ought fyue hundreth pens, the other fiftie:

  • Matt 21:31-32
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    31Whether of them twayne dyd the wil of the father? They sayde vnto him: the first. Iesus sayde vnto the: Verely I saye vnto you: The publicans and harlottes shal come in to the kyngdome of God before you.

    32For Ihon came vnto you, and taught you ye right waye and ye beleued him not: but the publicans & harlottes beleued hi. As for you, though ye sawe it, yet were ye not moued with repetaunce, that ye might afterwarde haue beleued him.

  • Luke 5:32
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    32I am not come to call ye righteous, but sinners to repentauce.

  • Luke 17:3-4
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    3Take hede to youre selues. Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, rebuke him:

    4and yf he amende, forgeue him. And though he synne agaynst the seuen tymes in a daye, and come seuen tymes in a daye to ye agayne, and saye: It repenteth me, forgeue him.

  • Luke 13:3
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    3I tell you naye, but excepte ye amede youre selues, ye shal all perishe likewyse.

  • Matt 10:15
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    15Truly I saye vnto you: it shall be easyer for ye londe of Sodoma and Gomorra in ye daye of iudgment, then for that cite.

  • Jas 5:19-20
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    19Brethren, yf eny of you erre fro the trueth and another conuert him,

    20let ye same knowe that he which conuerted the synner from goynge astraye out off his waye, shal saue a soule fro death, and shal hyde the multitude of synnes.

  • Luke 13:23
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    23And one sayde vnto him: LORDE, are there few (thinkest thou) that shalbe saued? But he sayde vnto them:

  • Luke 17:17-18
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    17Iesus answered and saide: Are there not ten clensed? But where are those nyne?

    18There were els none founde, that turned agayne, and gaue God the prayse, saue onely this strauger.

  • Luke 15:13
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    13And not longe therafter, gathered the yonger sonne all together, & toke his iourney in to a farre countre, and there waisted he his goodes with ryotous lyuynge.

  • Matt 18:23
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    23Therfore is ye kingdome of heaue lickened vnto a kynge which wolde reken wt his seruauntes.

  • Luke 18:13-14
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    13And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner.

    14I tell you: This man wente downe in to his house iustified more the the other. For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

  • Mark 2:17
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    17Whan Iesus herde that, he sayde vnto the: The whole nede not ye Phisician, but they that are sycke. I am not come to call the righteous, but the synners to repetaunce.

  • Luke 15:1
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    1There resorted vnto him all the publicans and synners, that they might heare him.

  • Luke 14:15
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    15Whan one of them that sat by at the table herde this, he sayde vnto him: Blessed is he, that eateth bred in ye kyngdome of God.

  • Matt 9:13
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    13Go and learne, what that meaneth: I haue pleasure in mercy, and not in offerynge. For I am not come to call the righteous, but ye synners to repentaunce,