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.

This

He

Luke 15:4

Luke 19:10

Matthew 18:11

They

General references

Matthew 18:11

Bible References

This

but it was necessary to feast and rejoice, because your brother here was dead, and is again alive: he was lost and is now found.

Afterwards Jesus went to Bethsaida, where they presented to him a blind man, whom they entreated Jesus to touch.

for as the father raiseth up the dead, and restores them to life: even so the son gives life to whom he will.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me shall live even though he were dead:

in like manner consider your selves as dead to sin; but alive to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

for the christian dispensation of a spiritual life has set me free from the legal state of sin and death.

to this I am urg'd by the love I bear to Christ, persuaded as I am, that if one died for all, then were all in a dying state: and that he died for all,

When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin,

wherefore 'tis said, " awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."

Even you, who were in a dying sinful state, and were uncircumcised Gentiles, has God raised to life, as he did Christ, having pardoned all your sins:

the widow of pleasure is dead tho' she lives.

they are a disgrace to your love-feasts, they indulge themselves at your festivals without reserve: clouds without water, transported with every wind: trees whose fruit soon withers and is useless, twice dead and rooted up:

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis, write, "THESE things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast the reputation of being alive, but art dead.

He

who of you that has an hundred sheep, will not, upon losing one, leave the ninety nine in the desart, to go after that which is lost, till he finds it?

for the son of man is come to seek, and to save that which was lost.

from whence the son of man is come, in order to save those that were lost.

They

I tell you, that there shall likewise be greater joy in heaven for one sinner that repents, than for ninety nine just persons, that need no repentance.

I have authoriz'd you to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and triumph over all the power of the enemy; so that nothing shall be capable of doing you any mischief.

bless them, but curse not. rejoice with those that do rejoice, and weep with those that weep.

so that if one member suffer, they all suffer with it: or if one be honoured, they partake of it.

General references

from whence the son of man is come, in order to save those that were lost.