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

This

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him.

And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to anyone He wants to.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live.

So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

because the Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If One died for all, then all died.

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,
and the Messiah will shine on you.

And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses.

however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;

“Write to the angel of the church in Sardis:

“The One who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

He

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

This is what the Lord says:

A voice was heard in Ramah,
a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

[For the Son of Man has come to save the lost.]

They

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

and the redeemed of the Lord will return
and come to Zion with singing,
crowned with unending joy.
Joy and gladness will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.

so that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her comforting breast
and drink deeply and delight yourselves
from her glorious breasts.

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will be radiant with joy
because of the Lord’s goodness,
because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil,
and because of the young of the flocks and herds.
Their life will be like an irrigated garden,
and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

General references

[For the Son of Man has come to save the lost.]