Luke 15:7
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Bible text
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.
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Statistics
- 24 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 24 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #417 Rank? Rank 417 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 25,720 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), New Testament
24 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
- Jesusvia pronoun
"Via pronoun": the verse does not name the person but refers to them, for example with "he" or "her"; the link comes from the grammatical analysis of the Hebrew or Greek text.
Topics of this verse
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
Uses?
24 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Feb 27, 2024
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Dienstag, 27. Februar 2024
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2024-02-27
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 12, 2023
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 12. Juni 2023
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2023-06-12
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Feb 15, 2021
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 15. Februar 2021
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2021-02-15
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 2, 2016
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Donnerstag, 2. Juni 2016
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2016-06-02
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Nov 7, 2014
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 7. November 2014
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2014-11-07
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Sep 24, 2013
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Dienstag, 24. September 2013
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2013-09-24
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Nov 5, 2012
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 5. November 2012
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2012-11-05
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 13, 2009
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Dienstag, 13. Januar 2009
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2009-01-13
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- May 8, 2005
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Sonntag, 8. Mai 2005
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2005-05-08
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Oct 8, 2002
- Cited as
- Lukas 15,7
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Dienstag, 8. Oktober 2002
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2002-10-08
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Luke, Chapter
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 949 – Dec 31, 1022
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Writings of Symeon the New Theologian
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Symeon the New Theologian
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Byzantine Empire
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 667 – Dec 31, 735
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, On the Gospel of Luke
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bede
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- England
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 540 – Dec 31, 604
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Gregory the Dialogist
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Rome
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0545
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, The Christian Topography, Book
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Cosmas Indicopleustes
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0545
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, The Christian Topography, Book
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Cosmas Indicopleustes
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 376 – Dec 31, 444
- Cited as
- Luke 15:4-7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermon
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Cyril of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 334 – Dec 31, 397
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Catena Aurea by Aquinas
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Ambrose of Milan
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Milan
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0375
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0375
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, The Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0375
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 329 – Dec 31, 379
- Cited as
- Luke 15:3-7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, LETTER
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Basil of Caesarea
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Caesarea in Cappadocia
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 195 – Dec 31, 258
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Epistle XLVI
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Cyprian
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 195 – Dec 31, 258
- Cited as
- Luke 15:7
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Epistle LI
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Cyprian
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:LUK.015.007
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 124, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary