Luke 15:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

So hee arose and came to his father, and when hee was yet a great way off, his father sawe him, and had compassion, and ranne and fell on his necke, and kissed him.

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  • Gen 45:14 : 14 Then hee fell on his brother Beniamins necke, & wept, and Beniamin wept on his necke.
  • Gen 46:29 : 29 Then Ioseph made ready his charet and went vp to Goshen to meete Israel his father, and presented himselfe vnto him and fel on his necke, and wept vpon his necke a good while.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good and mercifull, and of great kindenes vnto all them, that call vpon thee.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou, O Lorde, art a pitifull God and mercifull, slowe to anger and great in kindenes and trueth.
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her childe, & not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe? Though they should forget, yet wil I not forget thee.
  • Deut 30:2-4 : 2 And shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God, and obey his voyce in all that I commaund thee this day: thou, and thy children with all thine heart and with all thy soule, 3 Then the Lord thy God wil cause thy captiues to returne, and haue compassion vpon thee, and wil returne, to gather thee out of all the people, where the Lord thy God had scattered thee. 4 Though thou werest cast vnto the vtmost part of heauen, from thence will the Lorde thy God gather thee, & fro thence wil he take thee,
  • Gen 33:4 : 4 Then Esau ranne to meete him, and embraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, & they wept.
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 Then they wept all abundantly, and fell on Pauls necke, and kissed him,
  • Eph 2:13 : 13 But nowe in Christ Iesus, ye which once were farre off, are made neere by the blood of Christ.
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my deare sonne or pleasant childe? yet since I spake vnto him, I still remembred him: therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I wil surely haue compassion vpon him, saith the Lorde.
  • Ps 103:10-13 : 10 He hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes, nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heauen is aboue ye earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him. 12 As farre as the East is from the West: so farre hath he remooued our sinnes from vs. 13 As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that feare him.
  • Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye vpon him while he is neere. 7 Let the wicked forsake his wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and returne vnto the Lord, and he wil haue mercy vpon him: and to our God, for hee is very ready to forgiue. 8 For my thoughtes are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, sayth the Lord. 9 For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.
  • Isa 57:18 : 18 I haue seene his wayes, and wil heale him: I wil leade him also, & restore comfort vnto him, and to those that lament him.
  • Job 33:27-28 : 27 He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me, 28 He will deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
  • Ezek 16:6-8 : 6 And when I passed by thee, I saw thee polluted in thine owne blood, and I said vnto thee, whe thou wast in thy blood, Thou shalt liue: euen when thou wast in thy blood, I saide vnto thee, Thou shalt liue. 7 I haue caused thee to multiplie as the bud of the fielde, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou hast gotten excellent ornaments: thy breastes are facioned, thine heare is growen, where as thou wast naked and bare. 8 Nowe when I passed by thee, and looked vpon thee, beholde, thy time was as the time of loue, and I spred my skirtes ouer thee, and couered thy filthines: yea, I sware vnto thee, and entred into a couenant with thee, saith the Lorde God, and thou becamest mine.
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 Howe shall I giue thee vp, Ephraim? howe shall I deliuer thee, Israel? How shall I make thee, as Admah? howe shall I set thee, as Zeboim? Mine heart is turned within mee: my repentings are rouled together.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like vnto thee, that taketh away iniquitie, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage! He reteineth not his wrath for euer, because mercie pleaseth him. 19 He will turne againe, and haue compassion vpon vs: he will subdue our iniquities, and cast all their sinnes into the bottome of the sea.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 And came, and preached peace to you which were afarre off, & to them that were neere.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 15:21-32
    12 verses
    86%

    21And the sonne sayde vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and before thee, and am no more worthie to be called thy sonne.

    22Then the father said to his seruaunts, Bring foorth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feete,

    23And bring the fat calfe, and kill him, & let vs eate, and be merie:

    24For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found; they began to be merie.

    25Nowe the elder brother was in the fielde, and when he came and drewe neere to the house, he heard melodie, and dauncing,

    26And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant.

    27And hee sayde vnto him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatte calfe, because he hath receiued him safe and sound.

    28Then he was angry, and would not goe in: therefore came his father out and entreated him.

    29But he answered & said to his father, Loe, these many yeeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any time thy commadement, and yet thou neuer gauest mee a kidde that I might make merie with my friends.

    30But when this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy good with harlots, thou hast for his sake killed the fat calfe.

    31And he said vnto him, Sonne, thou art euer with me, and al that I haue, is thine.

    32It was meete that we shoulde make merie, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and hee was lost, but he is found.

  • Luke 15:11-19
    9 verses
    84%

    11He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes.

    12And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance.

    13So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.

    14Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.

    15Then hee went and claue to a citizen of that conntrey, and hee sent him to his farme, to feede swine.

    16And hee would faine haue filled his bellie with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue them him.

    17Then he came to him selfe, & said, Howe many hired seruaunts at my fathers haue bread ynough, and I die for hunger?

    18I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,

    19And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired seruants.

  • Gen 33:4
    73%

    4Then Esau ranne to meete him, and embraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, & they wept.

  • Gen 27:18
    72%

    18And when he came to his father, he sayd, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my sonne?

  • Gen 50:1
    72%

    1Then Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face and wept vpon him, and kissed him.

  • Gen 27:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26Afterward his father Izhak sayd vnto him, Come neere nowe, and kisse me, my sonne.

    27And hee came neere and kissed him. Then he smelled the sauour of his garmentes, and blessed him, and sayde, Behold, the smell of my sonne is as the smell of a fielde, which the Lorde hath blessed.

  • Mark 14:45
    72%

    45And assoone as hee was come, hee went straightway to him, and saide, Haile Master, and kissed him.

  • Luke 15:3-6
    4 verses
    72%

    3Then spake hee this parable to them, saying,

    4What man of you hauing an hundreth sheepe, if hee lose one of them, doeth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he finde it?

    5And when he hath found it, he laieth it on his shoulders with ioye.

    6And when he commeth home, he calleth together his friendes and neighbours, saying vnto them, Reioyce with mee: for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost.

  • Gen 46:29
    71%

    29Then Ioseph made ready his charet and went vp to Goshen to meete Israel his father, and presented himselfe vnto him and fel on his necke, and wept vpon his necke a good while.

  • Matt 18:27
    69%

    27Then that seruants Lord had compassion, and loosed him, and forgaue him the dette.

  • Gen 29:13
    69%

    13And when Laban heard tell of Iaakob his sisters sonne, he ranne to meete him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house: and he tolde Laban all these things.

  • Gen 45:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14Then hee fell on his brother Beniamins necke, & wept, and Beniamin wept on his necke.

    15Moreouer, he kissed all his brethren, and wept vpon them: and afterwarde his brethren talked with him.

  • Luke 18:13
    68%

    13But the Publican standing a farre off, woulde not lift vp so much as his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saying, O God, be mercifull to me a sinner.

  • Mark 10:50
    68%

    50So he threwe away his cloke, and rose, and came to Iesus.

  • Matt 21:28-29
    2 verses
    68%

    28But what thinke ye? A certaine man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and saide, Sonne, goe and worke to day in my vineyarde.

    29But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himselfe, and went.

  • 2 Sam 14:33
    68%

    33Then Ioab came to the King, & told him: & he called for Absalom, who came to the King, and bowed himselfe to the grounde on his face before the King, and the King kissed Absalom.

  • Luke 19:6
    68%

    6Then he came downe hastily, and receiued him ioyfully.

  • Mark 5:6
    68%

    6And when he saw Iesus afarre off, he ranne, and worshipped him,

  • Matt 26:49
    68%

    49And forthwith he came to Iesus, and sayd, God saue thee, Master, and kissed him.

  • Luke 19:10
    67%

    10For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.

  • Matt 18:11
    67%

    11For the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.

  • Matt 22:2
    67%

    2The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,

  • Matt 18:32
    67%

    32Then his Lord called him vnto him, and sayd to him, O euil seruant, I forgaue thee all that dette, because thou prayedst me.

  • Luke 16:27
    67%

    27Then he said, I pray thee therfore, father, that thou wouldest sende him to my fathers house,