Luke 15:20
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way of, his father sawe him, & had compassion, and ranne, and fell on his necke, and kissed hym.
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- Gen 45:14 : 14 And he fel on his brother Beniamins necke, and wept: and Beniamin wept on his necke.
- Gen 46:29 : 29 And Ioseph made redy his charet, and went vp to meete Israel his father vnto Gosen, and presented him self vnto him, and he fell on his necke, and wept on his necke a good whyle.
- Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou Lorde art good and gracious: and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon thee.
- Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou O Lorde art a God full of compassion and mercy: long yet thou be angry, plenteous in goodnes and trueth.
- Isa 49:15 : 15 Will a woman forget her owne infant, and not pitie the sonne of her owne wombe? And though they do forget, yet wyll I not forget thee.
- Deut 30:2-4 : 2 And come agayne vnto the Lorde thy God, and hearken vnto his voyce in all these thynges that I commaunde thee this day, thou, and thy children, with all thine heart, and all thy soule: 3 And the Lorde thy God wyll turne thy captiuitie and haue compassion vpon thee, and wyll turne and fetche thee agayne from all the nations among which the Lord thy God had scattered thee. 4 Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen: euen from thence wyll the Lorde thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
- Gen 33:4 : 4 Esau ranne to meete hym, and imbraced him, and fel on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept.
- Acts 20:37 : 37 And they all wepte sore, and fell on Paules necke, and kyssed hym,
- Eph 2:13 : 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus, ye which sometyme were farre of, are made nye by the blood of Christe.
- Jer 31:20 : 20 Upon this complaynt I thought thus by my selfe: Is not Ephraim my deare sonne? Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all my mirth and pastime? For since the tyme that I first comuned with hym, I haue hym euer in remembraunce: therfore my heart driueth me vnto hym, gladly and louyngly wyll I haue mercie vpon him, saith the Lorde.
- Ps 103:10-13 : 10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes: nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse. 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth: his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym. 12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west: so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs. 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children: euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym.
- Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye. 7 Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde, so shall he be mercifull vnto hym: and to our God, for he is very redy to forgeue. 8 For thus saith ye Lord: My thoughtes are not your thoughtes, & your wayes are not my wayes. 9 But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth: so farre do my wayes exceede yours, & my thoughtes yours.
- Isa 57:18 : 18 I haue seene his wayes, and I heale hym, I leade him, and restore to hym comfort, and to those that were sorie for hym.
- Job 33:27-28 : 27 A respect hath he vnto men, let man then say, I haue offended, I did vnrighteously, & it hath done me no good: 28 Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light.
- Ezek 16:6-8 : 6 Then came I by thee, and sawe thee defiled in thyne owne blood, and I said vnto thee when thou wast in thy blood, liue: euen when thou wast in thy blood, I sayde vnto thee, liue. 7 I caused thee to multiplie as the bud of the fielde, thou art growen vp, and waxen great, thou hast gotten a marueylous pleasaunt beautie, thy brestes are fashioned, thy heere is goodly growen, whereas thou wast naked & bare. 8 Nowe when I went by thee and looked vpon thee, beholde, thy tyme was come, yea euen the time to woo thee: then spread I my clothes ouer thee to couer thy dishonestie, yea I made an othe vnto thee, and contracted my selfe with thee (saith the Lorde God) and so thou becamest myne owne.
- Hos 11:8 : 8 Howe shall I geue thee vp Ephraim? howe shal I deliuer thee Israel? howe shall I make thee as Adama? howe shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentinges are kindled within me.
- Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is such a God as thou, that pardonest wickednesse, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne heritage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer: for his delite is to haue compassion. 19 He shall turne againe, and be merciful to vs, he shall put downe our wickednesses, and cast all our sinnes into the bottome of the sea?
- Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise was made vnto you, and to your chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call.
- Eph 2:17 : 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of, and to them that were nye.
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- Luke 15:21-3212 verses86%
21 And the sonne sayde vnto him: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and in thy syght, and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.
22 But the father saide to his seruauntes: bryng foorth the best garment, and put it on hym, and put a ryng on his hande, and shoes on his feete:
23 And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:
24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.
25 The elder brother was in the fielde: and when he came and drewe nye to the house, he hearde minstrelsie & daunsing,
26 And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.
27 And he sayde vnto hym: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fat calfe, because he hath receaued hym safe and sounde.
28 And he was angry, and woulde not go in: Therfore came his father out, and entreated hym.
29 He aunswered and sayde to his father: Lo, these many yeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any tyme thy commaundement, and yet thou neuer gauest me a kidde to make mery with my friendes:
30 But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe.
31 And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne,
32 It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde.
- Luke 15:11-199 verses84%
11 And he sayde. A certayne man had two sonnes:
12 And the younger of them sayde to his father: father, geue me the portion of the goodes, that to me belongeth. And he deuided vnto them his substaunce.
13 And not long after, when the younger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his goodes with riotous lyuyng.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a great dearth in all that lande, and he began to lacke.
15 And he ioyned hym selfe to a citizen of that countrey: and he sent hym to his farme, to feede swyne.
16 And he woulde fayne haue fylled his belly with the coddes that the swyne dyd eate: and no man gaue vnto hym.
17 Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?
18 I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.
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4 Esau ranne to meete hym, and imbraced him, and fel on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept.
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18 When he came to his father, he sayde: my father? And he aunswered, here am I: who art thou, my sonne?
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1 And Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face, and wept vpon him, and kyssed hym.
- Gen 27:26-272 verses72%
26 And his father Isahac said vnto him: Come neare, and kysse me, my sonne.
27 And he went vnto him, & kyssed him, and he smelled the sauour of his rayment, and blessed hym, & saide: See, the smell of my sonne, is as the smell of a fielde which the Lorde hath blessed.
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45 And assoone as he was come, he goeth strayghtway to hym, and sayth vnto hym: Maister, Maister, and kissed hym.
- Luke 15:3-64 verses72%
3 But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:
4 What man of you, hauyng an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse, and go after that which is lost, vntyll he fynde it?
5 And when he hath founde it, he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy:
6 And assoone as he commeth home, he calleth together his louers and neyghbours, saying vnto them: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost.
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29 And Ioseph made redy his charet, and went vp to meete Israel his father vnto Gosen, and presented him self vnto him, and he fell on his necke, and wept on his necke a good whyle.
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27 Then the Lorde of that seruaunt, moued with pitie, loosed hym, and forgaue hym the debt.
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13 And when Laban hearde certaynely tell of Iacob his sisters sonne, he ranne to meete hym, and imbraced hym, and kyssed hym, and brought hym to his house: And he tolde Laban all these thynges.
- Gen 45:14-152 verses69%
14 And he fel on his brother Beniamins necke, and wept: and Beniamin wept on his necke.
15 Moreouer he kissed al his brethren, and wept vpon them: and after that, his brethren talked with him.
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13 And the publicane standyng a farre of, woulde not lyft vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, saying: God be mercifull to me a sinner.
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50 And he threwe away his cloke, & rose, and came to Iesus.
- Matt 21:28-292 verses68%
28 But what thynke you? A man had two sonnes, and came to the firste, and saide: sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyarde.
29 He aunswered and saide, I wyll not: but afterwarde he repented, and went.
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33 And so Ioab came to the king, and tolde him: Which when he had sent for Absalom, he came to the king, and fel to the ground on his face before him, and the king kissed Absalom.
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6 And he came downe hastyly, and receaued hym ioyfully.
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6 But when he had spied Iesus a farre of, he ranne, and worshypped hym,
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49 And foorthwith, he came to Iesus, and sayde, hayle maister: and kyssed hym.
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10 For the sonne of man is come to seke, and to saue that which was lost.
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11 For the sonne of man, is come to saue that which was lost.
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2 The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng, which made a mariage for his sonne.
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32 Then his Lorde called hym, and sayd vnto him: O thou vngracious seruaunt, I forgaue thee all that debt, when thou desiredst me:
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27 Then he sayde: I pray thee therfore father, sende hym to my fathers house.