Luke 15:22

World English Bible (2000)

"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

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  • Gen 41:42 : 42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,
  • Esth 8:2 : 2 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
  • Zech 3:3-5 : 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. 4 He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing." 5 I said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head." So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
  • Rev 6:11 : 11 A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.
  • Rev 7:9 : 9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
  • Rev 3:4-5 : 4 Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
  • Esth 3:10 : 10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
  • Rev 19:8 : 8 It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
  • Eph 4:22-24 : 22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
  • Rom 8:15 : 15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
  • Gal 3:27 : 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children. 6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"
  • Ps 18:33 : 33 He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places.
  • Ps 45:13 : 13 The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
  • Ps 132:9 : 9 Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!"
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  • Ezek 16:9-9 : 9 Then washed I you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. 10 I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with sealskin, and I dressed you about with fine linen, and covered you with silk. 11 I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck. 12 I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.
  • Deut 33:25 : 25 Your bars shall be iron and brass. As your days, so your strength will be.
  • Ps 132:16 : 16 Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
  • Song 7:1 : 1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince's daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
  • Eph 1:13-14 : 13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.
  • Eph 6:15 : 15 and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
  • Matt 22:11-12 : 11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing, 12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.
  • Rom 3:22 : 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
  • Rev 7:13-14 : 13 One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?" 14 I told him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.

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    23 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

    24 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

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

    26 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

    27 He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'

    28 But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

    29 But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

    30 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

    31 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

    32 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

  • Luke 15:17-21
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    17 But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!

    18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

    19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'

    20 "He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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

  • Luke 15:11-15
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    11 He said, "A certain man had two sons.

    12 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.

    13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

    14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

    15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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    1 Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

    2 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

    3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

    4 Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'

  • Matt 22:8-13
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    8 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.

    9 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

    10 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

    11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,

    12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.

    13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'

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    21 "That servant came, and told 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

    22 "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

    23 "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

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    16 But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

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    3 He told them this parable.

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    28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

  • Luke 15:5-6
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    5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

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    8 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?

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    15 "It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

  • Matt 18:23
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    23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 19:12
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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.

  • Matt 21:37
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    37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

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    5 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

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    32 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

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    2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

  • Gen 27:15
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    15 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

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    19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

  • Mark 12:2
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    2 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.