Luke 15:25
‹Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.›
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- Exod 15:20 : 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.
- Ps 30:11 : 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- Ps 126:1 : 1 ¶ A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
- Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
- Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
- Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Jer 31:4 : 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
- Luke 7:32 : 32 ‹They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.›
- Luke 15:11-12 : 11 ¶ And he said, ‹A certain man had two sons:› 12 ‹And the younger of them said to› [his] ‹father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth› [to me]. ‹And he divided unto them› [his] ‹living.›
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- Luke 15:9-2416 verses87%
9 ‹And when she hath found› [it], ‹she calleth› [her] ‹friends and› [her] ‹neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.›
10 ‹Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.›
11 ¶ And he said, ‹A certain man had two sons:›
12 ‹And the younger of them said to› [his] ‹father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth› [to me]. ‹And he divided unto them› [his] ‹living.›
13 ‹And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.›
14 ‹And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.›
15 ‹And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.›
16 ‹And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.›
17 ‹And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!›
18 ‹I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,›
19 ‹And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.›
20 ‹And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.›
21 ‹And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.›
22 ‹But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put› [it] ‹on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on› [his] ‹feet:›
23 ‹And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill› [it]; ‹and let us eat, and be merry:›
24 ‹For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.›
- Luke 15:26-327 verses84%
26 ‹And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.›
27 ‹And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.›
28 ‹And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.›
29 ‹And he answering said to› [his] ‹father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:›
30 ‹But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.›
31 ‹And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.›
32 ‹It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.›
- Luke 15:3-75 verses74%
3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
4 ‹What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?›
5 ‹And when he hath found› [it], ‹he layeth› [it] ‹on his shoulders, rejoicing.›
6 ‹And when he cometh home, he calleth together› [his] ‹friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.›
7 ‹I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.›
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28 ¶ ‹But what think ye? A› [certain] ‹man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.›
- Matt 22:1-55 verses70%
1 ¶ And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 ‹The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,›
3 ‹And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.›
4 ‹Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and› [my] ‹fatlings› [are] ‹killed, and all things› [are] ‹ready: come unto the marriage.›
5 ‹But they made light of› [it], ‹and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:›
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18 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
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21 ‹So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.›
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15 ‹And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.›
- Luke 14:16-172 verses68%
16 Then said he unto him, ‹A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:›
17 ‹And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.›
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17 ‹And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.›
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23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
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19 ‹After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.›
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13 ‹And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that› [sheep], ‹than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.›
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12 He said therefore, ‹A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.›
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33 ¶ ‹Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:›
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37 ‹But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.›
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13 ¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
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6 ‹Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.›
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32 ‹They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.›
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1 ¶ And he began to speak unto them by parables. ‹A› [certain] ‹man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about› [it], ‹and digged› [a place for] ‹the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.›