Luke 15:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

It was right that we should make merry and be glad: for this your brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost and is found.

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  • Luke 15:24 : 24 For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
  • Eph 2:1-9 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;) 6 And raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Rom 3:4 : 4 Certainly not: indeed, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, 'That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged.'
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. 10 And again he says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people. 12 And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • Ps 51:8 : 8 Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones you have broken may rejoice.
  • Isa 35:10 : 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • Jonah 4:10-11 : 10 Then the LORD said, You have had pity on the plant, for which you have not labored, nor made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11 And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
  • Luke 7:34 : 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

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  • Luke 15:2-31
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    2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.

    3And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

    4What man among you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

    5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

    7I say to you, that likewise there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

    8Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it?

    9And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I lost.

    10Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

    12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his livelihood.

    13And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey to a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

    14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

    15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

    16And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.

    17And when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough to spare, and I perish with hunger!

    18I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,

    19And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants.

    20And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

    21And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.

    22But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

    23And bring the fatted calf here and kill it; and let us eat and be merry:

    24For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

    25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

    26And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

    27And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.

    28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore his father came out, and pleaded with him.

    29And he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years I have served you, nor have I transgressed at any time your commandment: and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends:

    30But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.

    31And he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

  • Matt 18:11-14
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    11For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

    12What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that has gone astray?

    13And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.

    14Even so, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

  • Luke 19:10
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    10For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • Luke 14:15-16
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    15And when one of them who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

    16Then he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many:

  • Matt 22:2
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    2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who prepared a wedding for his son,

  • Deut 22:1-2
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    1You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother.

    2And if your brother is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall be with you until your brother seeks after it, and you shall restore it to him again.

  • Luke 19:15
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    15And it came to pass, when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

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    29And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house; and there was a great company of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.

  • Rom 12:15
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    15Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

  • Luke 16:1-2
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    1And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his goods.

    2And he called him and said to him, How is it that I hear this about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you may no longer be steward.

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    32Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

  • Luke 12:19
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    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21So that servant came and reported these things to his master. 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 here the poor, and the crippled, and the lame, and the blind.

  • Luke 16:27
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    27Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house:

  • Matt 22:4
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    4Again, he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fattened cattle are slaughtered, and everything is ready: come to the wedding.