Luke 23:43

Jesus promised the criminal he would be with Him in Paradise that very day. Salvation came instantly to a believing sinner at the last hour.

Cross-references · 21

• Rev 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
• Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
• 1 Tim 1:15–16This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
• Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
• Ps 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
• John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
• Heb 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Phil 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
• 2 Cor 12:3–4And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
• Isa 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Job 33:27–30Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
• Mic 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
• 2 Cor 5:8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
• Isa 1:18–19“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
• Luke 15:4–5“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
• Isa 55:6–9Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
• Matt 20:15–16Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Rom 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
• Isa 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
• Luke 15:20–24So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

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