Luke 15:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

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  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 And he seeth and turneth back, From all his transgressions that he hath done, He doth surely live, he doth not die,
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
  • Acts 26:11-19 : 11 and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining `them' to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting `them' even unto strange cities. 12 `In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests -- 13 at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me; 14 and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick! 15 `And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; 16 but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things `in which' I will appear to thee, 17 delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee, 18 to open their eyes, to turn `them' from darkness to light, and `from' the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that `is' toward me. 19 `Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 18 having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, 19 and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
  • Luke 16:23 : 23 and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, `What shall we do, men, brethren?'
  • Acts 16:29-30 : 29 And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do -- that I may be saved?'
  • Ps 73:20 : 20 As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This `is' an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event `is' to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness `is' in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.
  • Jer 31:19 : 19 For after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth.
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 Remembered hath Jerusalem `In' the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;
  • Titus 3:4-6 : 4 and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear 5 (not by works that `are' in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 which He poured upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Be not led astray, my brethren beloved; 17 every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning; 18 having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

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  • Luke 15:11-16
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    89%

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

    12and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to `me', and he divided to them the living.

    13`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

    14and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

    15and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

    16and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

  • Luke 15:18-32
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    87%

    18having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,

    19and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

    20`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

    21and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

    22`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

    23and having brought the fatted calf, kill `it', and having eaten, we may be merry,

    24because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

    25`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

    26and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

    27and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

    28`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

    29and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;

    30but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

    31`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

    32but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    3And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

    4`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

    5and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing,

    6and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.

  • Luke 16:3-5
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    3`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

    4I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

    5`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

  • Luke 12:16-19
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    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

    17and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

    18and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

    19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7`But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

    8but will not `rather' say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

  • Luke 16:27
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  • Gen 27:18
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    18And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;' and he saith, `Here `am' I; who `art' thou, my son?'

  • Luke 14:15-16
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    15And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy `is' he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'

    16and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

  • Matt 21:28-29
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    28`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

    29And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

  • Luke 16:1
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    1And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

  • Matt 18:11-13
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    11for the Son of Man did come to save the lost.

    12`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not -- having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is gone astray?

    13and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;

  • 2 Sam 12:3
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    3And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

  • Matt 18:32
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    32then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

  • Luke 19:10
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    10for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

  • Gen 43:2
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    2and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

  • Luke 19:15
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    15`And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

  • Luke 16:21
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    21and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.