Luke 15:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

And 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.

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  • Luke 2:13-14 : 13 And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praising God, and saying, 14 Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who when he was come and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they would continue in the Lord.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and though I bee offered vp vpon the sacrifice, and seruice of your faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all.
  • 1 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 Therefore, brethren, we had consolation in you, in all our affliction and necessitie through your faith. 8 For nowe are wee aliue, if ye stand fast in the Lorde. 9 For what thankes can wee recompense to God againe for you, for all the ioy wherewith we reioyce for your sakes before our God,
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For ye were as sheepe going astray: but are nowe returned vnto the shepheard and Bishop of your soules.
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Therefore, my brethre, beloued and longed for, my ioy and my crowne, so continue in the Lorde, yee beloued.
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?
  • Acts 15:3 : 3 Thus being brought forth by ye Church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conuersion of the Gentiles, and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethren.
  • Phil 1:4 : 4 (Alwayes in all my praiers for all you, praying with gladnesse)
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commaundements.
  • Isa 66:10-11 : 10 Reioyce ye with Ierusalem, and be gladde with her, all ye that loue her: reioyce for ioy with her, all ye that mourne for her, 11 That ye may sucke and be satisfied with the brestes of her consolation: that ye may milke out and be delited with ye brightnes of her glorie.
  • Luke 15:7 : 7 I 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.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.
  • Luke 15:24 : 24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found; they began to be merie.
  • John 3:29 : 29 He that hath the bride, is the bridegrome: but the friend of the bridegrome which standeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly, because of the bridegromes voyce. This my ioy therefore is fulfilled.
  • John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 Which in time past were not a people, yet are nowe the people of God: which in time past were not vnder mercie, but nowe haue obteined mercie.

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  • Luke 15:2-5
    4 verses
    92%

    2Therefore the Pharises and Scribes murmured, saying, Hee receiueth sinners, and eateth with them.

    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.

  • Luke 15:7-11
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    89%

    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.

    8Either what woma hauing ten groates, if she lose one groate, doth not light a candle, & sweepe the house, and seeke diligently till shee finde it?

    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.

  • Matt 18:11-14
    4 verses
    84%

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

    12How thinke ye? If a man haue an hundreth sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doeth he not leaue ninetie & nine, & go into the mountaines, and seeke that which is gone astray?

    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:

    14So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

  • Luke 15:13-27
    15 verses
    81%

    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.

    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.

  • Luke 15:29-32
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    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 19:10
    75%

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

  • Luke 19:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    16Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy piece hath encreased ten pieces.

  • Matt 10:6
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    6But goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.

  • Ezek 34:16
    69%

    16I will seeke that which was lost, and bring againe that which was driue away, and will binde vp that which was broken, and will strengthen the weake but I wil destroy the fat & the strong, and I will feede them with iudgement.

  • Luke 14:16
    69%

    16Then saide he to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many,

  • Ezek 34:6
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    6My sheepe wandred through all the mountaines, and vpon euery hie hill: yea, my flocke was scattered through al the earth, and none did seeke or search after them.

  • Matt 12:11
    68%

    11And he said vnto the, What man shall there be among you, that hath a sheepe, & if it fal on a Sabbath day into a pit, doth not take it & lift it out?

  • Luke 14:21
    68%

    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.

  • Matt 13:46
    67%

    46Who hauing found a pearle of great price, went and solde all that he had, and bought it.

  • John 10:16
    67%

    16Other sheepe I haue also, which are not of this folde: them also must I bring, and they shall heare my voyce: and there shalbe one sheepefolde, and one shepheard.

  • Prov 6:31
    67%

    31But if he be founde, he shall restore seuen folde, or he shall giue all the substance of his house.

  • Matt 25:19
    67%

    19But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.

  • Luke 11:25
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    25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

  • Luke 16:5
    67%

    5Then called he vnto him euery one of his masters detters, & said vnto the first, Howe much owest thou vnto my master?

  • Matt 15:24
    67%

    24But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.

  • Lev 6:3
    67%

    3Or hath found that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, for any of these things that a man doeth, wherein he sinneth:

  • Jas 5:19
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    19Brethren, if any of you hath erred from the trueth, and some man hath conuerted him,