Luke 15:7

King James Version (KJV)

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Translations

Luke 15:7 - Amplified Bible

Thus, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one [changes his mind, abhorring his errors and misdeeds, and determines to enter upon a better course of life) than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance.

Luke 15:7 - American Standard Version

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

Luke 15:7 - Bible in Basic English

I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

Luke 15:7 - Darby Bible

I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, [more] than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.

Luke 15:7 - English Standard Version

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.

Luke 15:7 - King James Version

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 15:7 - La Biblia de las Americas

Os digo que de la misma manera, habrá más gozo en el cielo por un pecador que se arrepiente que por noventa y nueve justos que no necesitan arrepentimiento.

Luke 15:7 - The Message

Luke 15:7 - New American Standard Bible

~"I tell you that in the same way, there will be {more} joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 15:7 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Les digo que de la misma manera, habrá más gozo en el cielo por un pecador que se arrepiente que por noventa y nueve justos que no necesitan arrepentimiento.

Luke 15:7 - World English Bible

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Luke 15:7 - Young's Living Translation

`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

Luke 15:7 - Additional Comments

Jesus is saying this to show the Pharisees and scribes that heaven will more gladly receive those they disdain, the tax collectors and sinners, than themselves (if they even made it there!).
From here we draw the term that those without repentance are "lost", and those who have repented are "found". The world may mock at those terms, but those are the same terms Jesus used.
Some wonder why God made man, knowing they would rebel against Him, and all the pain they would cause. See "The Choice", in Max Lucado's "In the Eye of the Storm". God's joy is in seeing a person repent and choose to come to Him, to love Him, more than countless numbers of people who never needed to repent.

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