Luke 15:29

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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:

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  • Luke 18:11-12 : 11 The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane. 12 I fast twise in the weeke, I geue tithe of all that I possesse.
  • Luke 18:20-21 : 20 Thou knowest the commaundementes: Thou shalt not commit adultrie, thou shalt not kyll, thou shalt not steale, thou shalt not beare false witnesse, honour thy father and thy mother. 21 And he sayde: all these haue I kept from my youth vp.
  • Luke 19:21 : 21 For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe.
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.
  • Rom 3:27 : 27 Where is then thy boastyng? It is excluded. By what lawe? Of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of fayth.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 I once lyued without lawe: But when the commaundement came, sinne reuyued,
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For they beyng ignoraunt of Gods ryghteousnesse, and goyng about to stablyshe their owne righteousnesse, haue not ben obedient vnto the ryghteousness of God.
  • Phil 3:4-6 : 4 Though I might also haue confidence in the fleshe. If any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe, more I: 5 Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee, 6 Concernyng feruentnesse, persecutyng the Churche: touchyng ye righteousnesse which is in ye lawe, I was blamelesse.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs. 9 If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse. 10 If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 Let hym that hath an eare, heare what ye spirite sayth vnto the Churches. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd, and wyll geue hym a white stone, and in the stone a newe name written, which no man knoweth, sauyng he yt receaueth it.
  • Rev 3:17 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am riche and increased with goodes, and haue neede of nothyng: & knowest not howe that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poore, and blynde, and naked.
  • 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 And Samuel came to Saul, & Saul said vnto him, Blessed be thou in the Lorde: I haue fulfilled the comaundement of the Lord. 14 Samuel sayde: What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?
  • Isa 58:2-3 : 2 For they seeke me dayly, and wyll knowe my wayes, euen as it were a people that dyd right, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me concerning right iudgement, and wyll be nye vnto God. 3 Wherefore fast we say they and thou seest it not? we put our liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not?
  • Isa 65:5 : 5 If thou commest nye them, they say, touche me not, for I am holyer then thou: All these men when I am angry, shalbe turned to smoke and fire that shall burne for euer.
  • Zech 7:3 : 3 And that they shoulde speake vnto the priestes which were in the house of the Lorde of hoastes, and to the prophetes, saying: should I wepe in the fifth moneth, & abstayne as I haue done nowe certaine yeres?
  • Mal 1:12-13 : 12 But ye haue polluted it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, & the fruite thereof, euen his meate is not to be regarded. 13 And ye saide, beholde it is a weerynesse, and you haue snuffed at it saith the Lorde of hoastes, and ye haue offered the stolne, and the lame, and the sicke, ye haue offered an offering: shoulde I accept this of your handes, saith the lorde?
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye haue saide: it is but vayne to serue God, and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement, & that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes?
  • Matt 20:12 : 12 Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.
  • Luke 15:7 : 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.
  • Luke 17:10 : 10 So lykewyse ye, when ye haue done all those thynges which are commaunded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruauntes, We haue done that which was our duetie to do.
  • Luke 18:9 : 9 And he tolde this parable vnto certayne which trusted in them selues, that they were perfect, and despised other.

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  • Luke 15:30-32
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    30But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe.

    31And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne,

    32It 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 15:11-28
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    11And he sayde. A certayne man had two sonnes:

    12And 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.

    13And 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.

    14And when he had spent all, there arose a great dearth in all that lande, and he began to lacke.

    15And he ioyned hym selfe to a citizen of that countrey: and he sent hym to his farme, to feede swyne.

    16And he woulde fayne haue fylled his belly with the coddes that the swyne dyd eate: and no man gaue vnto hym.

    17Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?

    18I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee,

    19And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.

    20And 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.

    21And 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.

    22But 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:

    23And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:

    24For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.

    25The elder brother was in the fielde: and when he came and drewe nye to the house, he hearde minstrelsie & daunsing,

    26And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.

    27And he sayde vnto hym: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fat calfe, because he hath receaued hym safe and sounde.

    28And he was angry, and woulde not go in: Therfore came his father out, and entreated hym.

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    7But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

    8And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?

    9Doth he thanke that seruaunt, because he dyd the thynges that were commaunded vnto hym? I trowe not.

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    28But what thynke you? A man had two sonnes, and came to the firste, and saide: sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyarde.

    29He aunswered and saide, I wyll not: but afterwarde he repented, and went.

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

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

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    8Nowe therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I comaunde thee.

    9Get thee to the flocke, and bryng me thence two good kyddes fro the goates, and I wyll make of them pleasaunt meates for thy father, such as he loueth.

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    26His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed,

    27Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage.

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    6And 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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    37But laste of all, he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne.

  • Luke 19:22-23
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    22He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe:

    23And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commyng I myght haue required myne owne with vauntage?

  • Matt 25:19
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    19After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them.

  • Matt 18:31-32
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    31So, when his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory: & came, and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done.

    32Then 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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    2And 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.

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    29But he saide vnto him: Thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee, and in what takyng thy cattell haue ben vnder me:

  • Matt 20:13-14
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    13But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny?

    14Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee.

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    15Hencefoorth call I you not seruautes: for the seruaunt knoweth not what his Lorde doeth. But you haue I called frendes, for all thynges that I haue hearde of my father, haue I made knowen to you.

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

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    38Behold, this twentie yere haue I ben with thee, thy sheepe and thy goates haue not ben barren, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.

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    6And so, when he had yet but one beloued sonne, he sent hym also at the last vnto them, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne.

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    18When he came to his father, he sayde: my father? And he aunswered, here am I: who art thou, my sonne?

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