Who doesn't need repentance?

 

Luke 15:1-7(NKJV)

Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. 

And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.” 

So He spoke this parable to them, saying:

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 

And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ 

I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

The 99 who don't need repentance?  Who would they be?  If Jesus was the only perfect man then everyone else would need some repentance wouldn't they?

I think I understand what Jesus is saying here.  I just find the way He said it a bit imprecise.

What I think Jesus is saying is simply that there is a celebration each time someone new is saved vs. no need for celebrations for those who are already saved. 

I just think the use of the phrase "the 99 just persons who need no repentance" is a bit weird.  Paul tells us that over our lifetimes we will fall back and sin and will need to continually confess our sins and be forgiven.  The wording above seems to say that once save we never have to repent again and I don't think that is accurate. 

But again I understand the big picture view of those who are saved vs those who aren't.