Luke 15:10 (DBY)

Passage

Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.

Nearby Context

Luke 15:8 Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?

Luke 15:9 and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.

Luke 15:10 Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.

Luke 15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons;

Luke 15:12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "before", "angels", "repenting", and "sinner". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "before", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "and having found it she calls together..." into verse 11's "And he said A certain man had...", so "thus" and "before" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thus" and "before" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.