Luke 15:25
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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- Exod 15:20 : 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
- Ps 30:11 : 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- Ps 126:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.
- Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.
- Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.
- Eccl 3:4 : 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Jer 31:4 : 4 Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
- Luke 7:32 : 32 They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.
- Luke 15:11-12 : 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 and 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.
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- Luke 15:9-2416 verses87%
9And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
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.
17But 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!
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.
- Luke 15:26-327 verses84%
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 15:3-75 verses74%
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.
7I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, [more] than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.
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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.
- Matt 22:1-55 verses70%
1And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,
2The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
3and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.
4Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.
5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;
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18While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house;
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21And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.
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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 14:16-172 verses68%
16But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:
17and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for [all] things are now ready.
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17and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.
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23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,
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19Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.
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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.
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12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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33Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
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37But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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13And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
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6He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
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32They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.
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1And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.