Luk 12:4, 15:6-7, 9-10, Joh 3:29, 15:14-15 | ESV | STEP | I tell you , my friends , do not fear those who kill the body , and after that have nothing more that they can do .

Luke 12:4

Have No Fear

4 “I tell you, my friends, ^ado not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

Luke 15:6-7

6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for ^bI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ^crepents than over ninety-nine ^drighteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 15:9-10

9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before ^ethe angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

John 3:29

29 ^fThe one who has the bride is the bridegroom. ^gThe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, ^hrejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

John 15:14-15

14 You are ⁱmy friends ^jif you do what I command you. 15 ^kNo longer do I call you servants, ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} for the servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 20} ⁿdoes not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^oall that I have heard from my Father ^pI have made known to you.