Luke 15:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Agaynst thee, only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying, and founde pure when thou art iudged.
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 8:12 : 12 When ye sinne so against the brethren, and wounde their weake conscience, ye sinne against Christe.
  • Jer 3:13 : 13 But on this condition, that thou know thy great blasphemie, namely that thou hast vnfaithfully forsaken the Lord thy God, and hast made thy selfe partaker of straunge gods vnder all greene trees, and hast had no wyll to heare my voyce, saith the Lorde.
  • Ezek 16:63 : 63 That thou mayest thinke vpon it, and be ashamed, and neuer open thy mouth any more for shame of thy selfe, when I am pacified towarde thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lorde God.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Eyther despisest thou the rychesse of his goodnes, & pacience, and long sufferaunce, not knowyng that the kyndnesse of god leadeth thee to repentauce?

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  • Luke 15:10-20
    11 verses
    91%

    10 Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.

    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.

    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.

  • Luke 15:22-32
    11 verses
    82%

    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.

  • 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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    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.

    30 Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not.

    31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you.

  • 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.

  • 3 But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:

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    18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened hym, and he woulde not hearken vnto them:

    19 Then shall his father and his mother take hym, and bryng hym out vnto the elders of that citie, and vnto the gate of that same place,

  • 20 We knowledge (O Lorde) all our misdeedes, and the sinnes of our fathers: for we haue offended thee.

  • 37 But laste of all, he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne.

  • Luke 15:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

    7 I say vnto you, that lykewyse ioy shalbe in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons, which neede no repentaunce.

  • 27 Then he sayde: I pray thee therfore father, sende hym to my fathers house.

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    31 So, when his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory: & came, and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done.

    32 Then his Lorde called hym, and sayd vnto him: O thou vngracious seruaunt, I forgaue thee all that debt, when thou desiredst me:

  • 2 The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng, which made a mariage for his sonne.

  • 4 Agaynst thee, only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying, and founde pure when thou art iudged.

  • 8 And Dauid sayde vnto God: I haue sinned exceedingly in doyng this thing: And nowe I besech thee, do away the wickednesse of thy seruaunt, for I haue done very foolyshly.

  • 11 For the sonne of man, is come to saue that which was lost.

  • 13 Then said the Lord of the vineyarde: What shal I do? I wyl send my deare sonne, it may be they wyll reuerence hym, when they see hym.

  • Luke 16:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2 And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare this of thee? Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde.

    3 The stewarde sayde within hymselfe: What shall I do, for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyppe? I can not digge, & to begge I am ashamed.

  • 26 The seruaunt fell downe, & besought hym, saying: Lorde, haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

  • 21 Then saide Saul, I haue sinned: Come agayne my sonne Dauid, for I will do thee no more harme, because my soule was precious in thyne eyes this day: Beholde, I haue played the foole, and haue erred exceedinly.

  • 14 Nowe if this man get a sonne also, that seeth all his fathers sinnes whiche he hath done, and feareth, neither doth suche like:

  • 26 Euen so it is O father, for so was it thy good pleasure.

  • 25 An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.