Luke 15:17

American Standard Version (1901)

But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

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  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
  • Acts 26:11-19 : 11 And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities. 12 Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee; 17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee, 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. 19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: 19 I am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
  • Luke 16:23 : 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
  • Acts 16:29-30 : 29 And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
  • Ps 73:20 : 20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
  • Jer 31:19 : 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.
  • Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared, 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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  • Luke 15:11-16
    6 verses
    89%

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

    12and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of [thy] substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

    13And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

    14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

    15And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

    16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

  • Luke 15:18-32
    15 verses
    87%

    18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

    19I am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

    20And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

    21And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son .

    22But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

    23and bring the fatted calf, [and] kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

    24for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

    25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

    26And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

    27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

    28But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.

    29But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and [yet] thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

    30but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

    31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

    32But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again] ; and [was] lost, and is found.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    74%

    3And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

    4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

    5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

  • Luke 16:3-5
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    3And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

    4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

    5And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

  • Luke 12:16-19
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    16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

    17and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

    18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    72%

    7But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

    8and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

  • Luke 16:27
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    27And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house;

  • Gen 27:18
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    18And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

  • Luke 14:15-16
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    15And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

    16But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:

  • Matt 21:28-29
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    70%

    28But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

    29And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.

  • Luke 16:1
    70%

    1And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.

  • Matt 18:11-13
    3 verses
    69%

    11(Ommitted)

    12How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

    13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.

  • 2 Sam 12:3
    69%

    3but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

  • Matt 18:32
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    32Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

  • Luke 19:10
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    10For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • Gen 43:2
    68%

    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Luke 19:15
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    15And it came to pass, when he was come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

  • Luke 16:21
    68%

    21and desiring to be fed with the [crumbs] that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.