Luke 15:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`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;

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  • Gen 45:14 : 14 And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck;
  • Gen 46:29 : 29 and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For Thou, Lord, `art' good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 And Thou, O Lord, `art' God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one -- the son of her womb? Yea, these forget -- but I -- I forget not thee.
  • Deut 30:2-4 : 2 and hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hearkened to His voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul -- 3 then hath Jehovah thy God turned back `to' thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee. 4 `If thine outcast is in the extremity of the heavens, thence doth Jehovah thy God gather thee, and thence He doth take thee;
  • Gen 33:4 : 4 and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,
  • Eph 2:13 : 13 and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ,
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Ps 103:10-13 : 10 Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us. 11 For, as the height of the heavens `is' above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him. 12 As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions. 13 As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.
  • Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near, 7 Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon. 8 For not My thoughts `are' your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, 9 For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
  • Isa 57:18 : 18 His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.
  • Job 33:27-28 : 27 He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me. 28 He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
  • Ezek 16:6-8 : 6 And I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live. 7 A myriad -- as the shoot of the field I have made thee, And thou art multiplied, and art great, And comest in with an excellent adornment, Breasts have been formed, and thy hair hath grown -- And thou, naked and bare! 8 And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time `is' a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who `is' a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth `in' kindness. 19 He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 and having come, he did proclaim good news -- peace to you -- the far-off and the nigh,

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  • Luke 15:21-32
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    21 and 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;

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

    24 because 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,

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

    27 and 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;

    29 and 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;

    30 but 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;

    32 but 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 15:11-19
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    11 And he said, `A certain man had two sons,

    12 and 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;

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

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

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

    17 `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!

    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.

  • Gen 33:4
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    4 and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

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

  • Gen 50:1
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    1 And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;

  • Gen 27:26-27
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    26 And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;'

    27 and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, `See, the fragrance of my son `is' as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed;

  • Mark 14:45
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    45 and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, `Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    3 And 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?

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

    6 and 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.

  • Gen 46:29
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    29 and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;

  • Matt 18:27
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    27 and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.

  • Gen 29:13
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    13 And it cometh to pass, when Laban heareth the report of Jacob his sister's son, that he runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and kisseth him, and bringeth him in unto his house; and he recounteth to Laban all these things,

  • Gen 45:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck;

    15 and he kisseth all his brethren, and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him.

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    13 `And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

  • Mark 10:50
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    50 and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus.

  • 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.'

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

  • 2 Sam 14:33
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    33 And Joab cometh unto the king, and declareth `it' to him, and he calleth unto Absalom, and he cometh unto the king, and boweth himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king giveth a kiss to Absalom.

  • Luke 19:6
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    6 and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing;

  • Mark 5:6
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    6 And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,

  • Matt 26:49
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    49 and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, `Hail, Rabbi,' and kissed him;

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

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

  • Matt 22:2
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  • Matt 18:32
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    32 then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

  • Luke 16:27
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    27 `And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,

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