Luke 15:11

"Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”"

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes that the joy brought by a single sinner's repentance is immense and brings great celebration among the angels, highlighting the divine delight in restoring even one lost soul to salvation. It underscores the value of redemption and the universal scope of God’s mercy.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 11. And he said. Jesus, to illustrate still farther the sentiment which he had uttered, and to show that it was proper to rejoice over repenting sinners, proceeds to show it by a most beautiful and instructive parable. We shall see its beauty and propriety by remembering that the design of it was simply to justify his conduct in receiving sinners, and to show that to rejoice over their return was proper. This he shows by the feelings of a father rejoicing over the return of an ungrateful and dissipated son. __________________________________________________________________

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