Luke 15:17

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Summary

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!

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Luke 15:18

Lamentations 1:7

Bible References

When

So they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid.

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes [as he] was in torment [and] saw Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus {at his side}.

Like a dream upon awakening, when [you] wake up, O Lord, you will despise their fleeting form.

This [is] the {injustice} that is done under the sun: the same fate [comes] to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans} are full [of] evil; delusion [is] in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.

For after my turning back I repented, and after coming to understand I struck [my] thigh. I was ashamed and also humiliated, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'

And if he sees and he returns from all of his transgressions that he did, surely he will live; he will not die!

Now [when they] heard [this], they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "What should we do, men [and] brothers?"

And demanding lights, he rushed in and, {beginning to tremble}, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.

And throughout all the synagogues I punished them often [and] tried to force [them] to blaspheme, and [because I] was enraged at them beyond measure, I was pursuing [them] even as far as to foreign cities.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love [with] which he loved us,

for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

But when the kindness and love for mankind of God our Savior appeared,

Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

How

I will set out [and] go to my father and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}!

Jerusalem remembers the days of her misery and wanderings, all her treasures that were from the days of long ago. When her people fell into [the] hand of the enemy, there was no one helping her; the enemies saw her, they mocked at her destruction.