Luke 15:25
Nowe the elder brother was in the fielde, and when he came and drewe neere to the house, he heard melodie, and dauncing,
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- Exod 15:20 : 20 And Miriam the prophetesse, sister of Aaron tooke a timbrell in her hande, and all the women came out after her with timbrels and daunces.
- 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 And Dauid danced before the Lorde with al his might, & was girded with a linnen Ephod.
- Ps 30:11 : 11 Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy: thou hast loosed my sacke and girded mee with gladnesse.
- Ps 126:1 : 1 A song of degres, or Psalme of Dauid. When ye Lord brought againe the captiuitie of Zion, we were like them that dreame.
- Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them prayse his Name with the flute: let them sing prayses vnto him with the timbrell and harpe.
- Ps 150:4 : 4 Prayse ye him with timbrell and flute: praise ye him with virginales and organs.
- Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.
- Jer 31:4 : 4 Againe I will builde thee, and thou shalt be builded, O virgine Israel: thou shalt stil be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt goe foorth in the dance of them that be ioyfull.
- Luke 7:32 : 32 They are like vnto litle children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced: we haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept.
- Luke 15:11-12 : 11 He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes. 12 And 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.
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- Luke 15:9-2416 verses87%
9And when shee hath found it, shee calleth her friendes, and neighbours, saying, Reioyce with me: for I haue found the groate which I had lost.
10Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.
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.
20So 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.
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.
- Luke 15:26-327 verses84%
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 15:3-75 verses74%
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.
7I say vnto you, that likewise ioy shall be in heauen for one sinner that conuerteth, more then for ninetie and nine iust men, which neede none amendement of life.
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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.
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1Then Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe in parables, saying,
2The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,
3And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.
4Againe hee sent foorth other seruants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Beholde, I haue prepared my dinner: mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all thinges are readie: come vnto the mariage.
5But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.
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18And whiles he was yet speaking, came an other, and sayd, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,
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21So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.
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15And it came to passe, when hee was come againe, and had receiued his kingdome, that he commanded the seruants to be called to him, to whome he gaue his money, that he might knowe what euery man had gained.
- Luke 14:16-172 verses68%
16Then saide he to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many,
17And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come: for all things are nowe readie.
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17And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.
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23Nowe when Iesus came into the Rulers house, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making noise,
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19But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.
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13And if so be that he finde it, verely I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray:
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12He saide therefore, A certaine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe.
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33Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, & made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.
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37But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.
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13And on a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,
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6Yet had he one sonne, his deare beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.
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32They are like vnto litle children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced: we haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept.
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1And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, & digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, & let it out to husbandmen, & went into a strange countrey.