Prodigal Son

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• Luke 15:11–32

  And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. …

• Luke 15:1–32

  Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, …

• Luke 15:32

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

• Luke 15:16

  And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

• Luke 15:24

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

• Luke 15:11

  And he said, A certain man had two sons:

• Luke 15:20

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

• Luke 15:17

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

• Luke 15:13

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

• Luke 15:21

  And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

• Luke 15:7

  I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

• Luke 15:22

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

• Luke 15:12

  And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

• Isaiah 55:8–9

  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

• Genesis 41:42

  And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

• Luke 15:25

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

• Luke 15:31–32

  And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

• Deuteronomy 21:17

  But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

• Luke 15:1

  Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

• Luke 15:29

  And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

• Luke 15:15

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

• Proverbs 22:6

  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

• Luke 15:10

  Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

• Luke 14:1–35

  And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? …

• Luke 15:8–10

  Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

• Luke 10:25–37

  And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. …

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