Luke 15:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

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  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
  • Acts 26:11-19 : 11 And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns. 12 Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests, 13 In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me. 14 And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you. 15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking. 16 But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me; 17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me. 19 So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: 19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.
  • Luke 16:23 : 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?
  • Acts 16:29-30 : 29 And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas, 30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?
  • Ps 73:20 : 20 As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
  • Jer 31:19 : 19 Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.
  • Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers. 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning. 18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

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  • Luke 15:11-16
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    11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

    12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

    13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

    14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

    15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

    16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

  • Luke 15:18-32
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    18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

    19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

    20 And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

    21 And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

    22 But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

    23 And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

    24 For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

    25 Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

    26 And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

    27 And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.

    28 But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

    29 But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

    30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

    31 And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.

    32 But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    3 And he made a story for them, saying,

    4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

    5 And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

    6 And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

  • Luke 16:3-5
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    3 And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

    4 I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.

    5 And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

  • Luke 12:16-19
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    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

    17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

    18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

    19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

    8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

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    28 But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

    29 And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

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  • Matt 18:11-13
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    12 What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

    13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

  • 2 Sam 12:3
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    3 But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

  • Matt 18:32
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    32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

  • Luke 19:10
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    10 For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

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    2 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • Luke 19:15
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  • Luke 16:21
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    21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.