Luke 15:25
"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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- Exod 15:20 : 20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
- 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
- Ps 30:11 : 11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
- Ps 126:1 : 1 When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
- Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
- Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
- 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 will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
- Luke 7:32 : 32 They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'
- Luke 15:11-12 : 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.
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- Luke 15:9-2416 verses87%
9When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'
10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
11He said, "A certain man had two sons.
12The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.
13Not 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.
14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
15He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
17But 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!
18I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
19I 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.
21The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
22"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.
23Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
24for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
- Luke 15:26-327 verses84%
26He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
27He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'
28But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.
29But 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.
30But 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.
32But 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 15:3-75 verses74%
3He told them this parable.
4"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6When 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!'
7I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
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28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'
- Matt 22:1-55 verses70%
1Jesus 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,
3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
4Again 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!"'
5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
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18While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
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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.'
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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.
- Luke 14:16-172 verses68%
16But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
17He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'
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17and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
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23When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
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19"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
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13If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
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12He 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 man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
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37But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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13It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
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6Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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32They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'
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1He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.