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

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

And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.

This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives -- then they die.

For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we beat our breasts in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.'

Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

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

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"

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

Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.

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I will get up and go to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

(Zayin) Jerusalem remembers, when she became a poor homeless person, all her treasures that she owned in days of old. When her people fell into an enemy's grip, none of her allies came to her rescue. Her enemies gloated over her; they sneered at her downfall.