Mark 10:20
10:20 The man
said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed
all these laws
since my youth.”
Luke 15:7
15:7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need to repent.
Luke 15:29
15:29 but he answered
his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave
for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet
you never gave me even a goat
so that I could celebrate with my friends!
Luke 18:11-12
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:
‘God, I thank
you that I am not like other people:
extortionists,
unrighteous people,
adulterers – or even like this tax collector.
18:12 I fast twice
a week; I give a tenth
of everything I get.’
Luke 18:21
18:21 The man
replied, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed
all these laws
since my youth.”
John 8:7
8:7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight
and replied,
“Whoever among you is guiltless
may be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Romans 3:19-23
3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
3:20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
3:21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed –
3:22 namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 7:9
7:9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
Galatians 3:24
3:24 Thus the law had become our guardian
until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous
by faith.
Philippians 3:6
3:6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.