Luke 15:20

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And he rose up and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran, embraced him, and kissed him.

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  • Gen 45:14 : 14 Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
  • Gen 46:29 : 29 Joseph readied his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon You.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, I will not forget you.
  • Deut 30:2-4 : 2 and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and soul, you and your children, according to all that I command you today, 3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you. He will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. 4 Even if you are exiled to the ends of the heavens, the LORD your God will gather you from there, and He will bring you back from there.
  • Gen 33:4 : 4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 They all wept loudly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
  • Eph 2:13 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son, my precious child? For as often as I speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore, my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
  • Ps 103:10-13 : 10 He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
  • Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
  • Isa 57:18 : 18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to them and to those who mourn for them.
  • Job 33:27-28 : 27 They sing before others and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what was right, but it was not repaid to me.' 28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and my life will see the light.
  • Ezek 16:6-8 : 6 Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay in your blood, I said to you, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘Live!’ 7 I made you grow like a plant of the field. You grew and became tall and reached the age of maturity. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew, but you were still naked and bare. 8 Then I passed by you again and saw you, and behold, you were at the age for love. So I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness. I made my vow to you, entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within Me; My compassion grows warm and tender.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love. 19 He will again have compassion on us; He will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.'
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

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  • Luke 15:21-32
    12 verses
    86%

    21The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

    22But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

    23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us eat and celebrate!

    24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

    25Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. As he came and drew near the house, he heard music and dancing.

    26So he called one of the servants and asked what these things were about.

    27He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'

    28But he became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

    29But he answered his father, 'Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

    30But when this son of yours came, who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

    31The father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

    32But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'

  • Luke 15:11-19
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    11Then He said, 'There was a man who had two sons.'

    12The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided the property between them.

    13Not long after, the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in reckless living.

    14After he had spent everything, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

    15So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

    16He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

    17But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger!

    18I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

    19I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.’

  • Gen 33:4
    73%

    4But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

  • Gen 27:18
    72%

    18Jacob went to his father and said, 'My father.' And Isaac said, 'Here I am. Who are you, my son?'

  • Gen 50:1
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    1Joseph fell on his father's face, wept over him, and kissed him.

  • Gen 27:26-27
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    72%

    26Then Isaac, his father, said to him, 'Come near now, and kiss me, my son.'

    27So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his garments, he blessed him and said, 'See, the scent of my son is like the scent of a field that the LORD has blessed.'

  • Mark 14:45
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    45Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    72%

    3So He told them this parable, saying:

    4What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders.

    6And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'

  • Gen 46:29
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    29Joseph readied his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

  • Matt 18:27
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    27The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt, and let him go.

  • Gen 29:13
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    13When Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban everything that had happened.

  • Gen 45:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

    15Joseph kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward, his brothers talked with him.

  • Luke 18:13
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    13'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his chest and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

  • Mark 10:50
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    50Throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus.

  • Matt 21:28-29
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    28What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

    29The son replied, 'I don’t want to.' But later, he changed his mind and went.

  • 2 Sam 14:33
    68%

    33So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, who came to the king and bowed himself down with his face to the ground before him. And the king kissed Absalom.

  • Luke 19:6
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    6So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed him joyfully.

  • Mark 5:6
    68%

    6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before Him.

  • Matt 26:49
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    49Going directly to Jesus, Judas said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed Him fervently.

  • Luke 19:10
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    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

  • Matt 18:11
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    11For the Son of Man came to save what was lost.

  • Matt 22:2
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    2The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

  • Matt 18:32
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    32Then the master summoned the servant and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me to.'

  • Luke 16:27
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    27He said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house,