Luke 15:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And he gat him vp, & came vnto his father. But whan he was yet a greate waye of, his father sawe him, and had copassion, and ranne, and fell aboute his neck, and kyssed him.

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  • Gen 45:14 : 14 And he fell aboute his brother Ben Iamyns neck, and wepte, and Ben Iamin wepte vpon his neck also.
  • Gen 46:29 : 29 Then Ioseph bended his charett fast, and wente vp to mete Israel his father vnto Gosen. And whan he sawe him, he fell aboute his neck, & wepte sore vpon his neck.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou LORDE art good and gracious, & of greate mercy vnto all them that call vpon the.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou (o LORDE God) art full of compassion and mercy, longesuffrynge, greate in goodnesse & trueth.
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Doth a wife forget the childe of hir wombe, ad the sonne who she hath borne? And though she do forget, yet wil not I forget the.
  • Deut 30:2-4 : 2 and thou turnest vnto the LORDE yi God, so that thou herkenest vnto his voyce, thou and thy children with all yi hert and with all thy soule, in all that I commaunde the this daye, 3 then shal the LORDE thy God turne thy captiuyte, and haue compassion vpon the, and shal gather thy congregacion agayne from amonge all the nacions, whither the LORDE thy God hath scatered the. 4 And though thou werest thrust out vnto the vttemost partes of the heauen, yet shall the LORDE thy God gather the from thence, and from thece shal he fetch the,
  • Gen 33:4 : 4 But Esau ranne to mete him, and enbraced him, and fell aboute his neck, & kyssed him, and wepte,
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 But there was moch wepynge amonge them all, and they fell aboute Pauls necke, and kyssed him,
  • Eph 2:13 : 13 But now ye that be in Christ Iesu, and afore tyme were farre of, are now made nye by the bloude of Christ.
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Vpon this complaynte, I thought thus by myself: is not Ephraim my deare sonne? Is he not the childe, with whom I haue had all myrth and pastyme? For sence the tyme that I first comoned with him, I haue him euer in remembraunce: therfore my very herte dryueth me vnto him: gladly and louyngly will I haue mercy vpon him, saieth the LORDE.
  • Ps 103:10-13 : 10 He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes, ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses. 11 For loke how hye the heaue is in comparison of the earth, so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him. 12 Loke how wyde the east is from the west, so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. 13 Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children, euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto the that feare him.
  • Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seke the LORDE while he maye be founde, call vpo him while he is nye. 7 Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes, ad the vnrightuous his ymaginacios, & turne agayne vnto the LORDE, so shal he be merciful vnto him: and to oure God, for he is redy to forgeue. 8 For thus saieth the LORDE: My thoughtes are not youre thoughtes, & youre wayes are not my wayes: 9 But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth, so farre do my waies exceade yours, & my thoughtes yours
  • Isa 57:18 : 18 But yf I maye se his right waye agayne, I make him whole, I lede him, and restore him vnto them whom he maketh ioyful, & that were sory for him.
  • Job 33:27-28 : 27 Soch a respecte hath he vnto me. Therfore let a man cofesse, (& saye:) I offended, but he hath chastened & refourmed me: I dyd vnrightuously, neuerthelesse he hath not recopensed me therafter. 28 Yee he hath delyuered my soule from destruccion, & my life, that it seyth ye light.
  • Ezek 16:6-8 : 6 Then came I by the, and sawe the troden downe in thine owne bloude, & sayde vnto the: thou shalt be pourged from thine owne bloude, fro thine owne bloude (I saye) shalt thou be clensed. 7 So I planted the, as the blossome of thy felde: thou art growen vp, & waxe greate: thou hast gotten a maruelous pleasaunt beutie, thy brestes are come vp, thy hayre is goodly growen, where as thou wast naked and bare afore. 8 Now when I wente by ye, & loked vpon the: beholde, thy tyme was come, yee eue the tyme to wowe the. Then spred I my clothes ouer the, to couer thy dishonestie: Yee I made an ooth vnto the, & maried my self with the (saieth the LORDE God) & so thou becamest myne owne.
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 What greate thinges haue I geuen the, o Ephraim? how faithfully haue I defended the, o Israel? haue I dealt with the as with Adama? or haue I intreated the like Seboim? No, my hert is otherwise mynded. Yee my mercy is to feruent:
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Where is there soch a God as thou? that pardonest wickednes, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thine heretage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer. And why? his delyte is to haue compassion: 19 he shal turne agayne, & be mercyfull to vs: he shal put downe oure wickednesses, & cast all oure synnes in to the botome of the see.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children, and to all that are farre of, who so euer the LORDE oure God shal call.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 and came and preached peace in the Gospell, vnto you which were afarre of, and to the that were nye.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 15:21-32
    12 verses
    86%

    21Then sayde the sonne vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst heaue, and before the, I am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne.

    22But the father sayde vnto his seruauntes: Brynge forth the best garment, and put it vpon him, and geue him a rynge vpon his hande, and shues on his fete,

    23and brynge hither a fed calfe, and kyll it, lat vs eate and be mery:

    24for this my sonne was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde. And they beganne to be mery.

    25But the elder sonne was in the felde. And whan he came, and drewe nye to the house, he herde ye mynstrelsye and daunsynge,

    26and called one of the seruauntes vnto him, and axed what it was.

    27He sayde vnto him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath slayne a fed calfe, because he hath receaued him safe and sounde.

    28Then was he angrie, and wolde not go in. Then wente his father out, and prayed him.

    29But he answered, and sayde vnto his father: Lo, thus many yeares haue I done the seruyce, nether haue I yet broken thy commaundement, and thou gauest me neuer one kydd, yt I might make mery with my frendes.

    30But now that this thy sonne is come, which deuoured his goodes with harlottes, thou hast slayne a fed calfe.

    31But he sayde vnto him: My sonne, thou art allwaye with me, and all that is myne, is thine:

    32thou shuldest be mery and glad, for this yi brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde agayne.

  • Luke 15:11-19
    9 verses
    84%

    11And he sayde: A certayne man had two sonnes,

    12and the yonger of them sayde vnto the father: Father, geue me the porcion of ye goodes, that belongeth vnto me. And he deuyded the good vnto them.

    13And not longe therafter, gathered the yonger sonne all together, & toke his iourney in to a farre countre, and there waisted he his goodes with ryotous lyuynge.

    14Now whan he had spent all that he had, there was a greate derth thorow out all the same lode. And he begane to lacke,

    15and wente his waye, and claue to a cytesin of that same countre, which sent him in to his felde, to kepe swyne.

    16And he wolde fayne haue fylled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate. And no man gaue him them.

    17Then came he to him self, and sayde: How many hyred seruauntes hath my father, which haue bred ynough, and I perish of honger?

    18I wil get vp, and go to my father, and saye vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst heauen and before the,

    19and am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.

  • Gen 33:4
    73%

    4But Esau ranne to mete him, and enbraced him, and fell aboute his neck, & kyssed him, and wepte,

  • Gen 27:18
    72%

    18And he brought it in vnto his father, and sayde: My father. He answered: here am I, who art thou my sonne?

  • Gen 50:1
    72%

    1The fell Ioseph vpon his fathers face, and wepte, and kyssed him.

  • Gen 27:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26And Isaac his father sayde vnto him: Come nye, and kysse me my sonne.

    27So he came nye, and he kyssed him. Then smelled he the sauoure of his clothes, and blessed him, and sayde: Beholde, the smell of my sonne is as ye smell of the felde, which ye LORDE hath blessed.

  • Mark 14:45
    72%

    45And wha he was come, he wente straight waye vnto him, and sayde vnto him: O master, master, and kyssed him.

  • Luke 15:3-6
    4 verses
    72%

    3But he tolde the this symilitude, and sayde:

    4What man is he amonge you, that hath an hundreth shepe, and yf he loose one of the, that leaueth not the nyne and nyentye in the wyldernesse, and goeth after that which is lost tyll he fynde it?

    5And whan he hath founde it, he layeth it vpon his shulders with ioye:

    6and whan he commeth home, he calleth his fredes and neghbours, and sayeth vnto the: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my shepe, yt was lost.

  • Gen 46:29
    71%

    29Then Ioseph bended his charett fast, and wente vp to mete Israel his father vnto Gosen. And whan he sawe him, he fell aboute his neck, & wepte sore vpon his neck.

  • Matt 18:27
    69%

    27Then had the lorde pytie on that seruaunt, & discharged him, and forgaue him the dett.

  • Gen 29:13
    69%

    13Wha Laban herde of Iacob his sisters sonne, he ranne to mete him, and enbraced him, and kyssed him, and brought him in to his house. And so he tolde him all this matter.

  • Gen 45:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14And he fell aboute his brother Ben Iamyns neck, and wepte, and Ben Iamin wepte vpon his neck also.

    15And he kyssed all his brethren, and wepte vpon them. And afterwarde talked his brethren wt him.

  • Luke 18:13
    68%

    13And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner.

  • Mark 10:50
    68%

    50And he cast awaye his garment from him, stode vp, aud came to Iesus.

  • Matt 21:28-29
    2 verses
    68%

    28But what thinke ye? A certayne man had two sonnes, and came to the first, and sayde: Go thy waye my sonne, & worke to daye in my vynyarde.

    29He answered and sayde: I wil not, but afterwarde he repented, and wente.

  • 2 Sam 14:33
    68%

    33And Ioab wente in to the kynge, and tolde him. And he called Absalom, to come in to the kynge, and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounge before the kynge. And the kynge kyssed Absalom.

  • Luke 19:6
    68%

    6And he came downe hastely, and receaued him with ioye.

  • Mark 5:6
    68%

    6But whan he sawe Iesus afarre of, he ranne, and fell downe before him,

  • Matt 26:49
    68%

    49And forth withal he came to Iesus, and sayde: Hayle master, and kyssed him.

  • Luke 19:10
    67%

    10For the sonne of ma is come, to seke and to saue that which was lost.

  • Matt 18:11
    67%

    11for the sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost.

  • Matt 22:2
    67%

    2The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge, which maried his sonne.

  • Matt 18:32
    67%

    32Then his lorde called for him, and sayde vnto him: O thou wicked seruaut, I forgaue the all this dett, because thou praydest me:

  • Luke 16:27
    67%

    27Then sayde he: I pray the then father, that thou wilt sende him vnto my fathers house,