Luke 15:24

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Summary

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.

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1 Corinthians 12:26

General references

Matthew 18:11

Bible References

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But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.

These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

And to the angel of the church in Sardis say: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I have knowledge of your works, that you seem to be living but are dead.

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What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.

You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

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I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.

So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.

Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

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