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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Luke 15:4

Luke 19:10

Matthew 18:11

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General references

Matthew 18:11

Bible References

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But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found.'"

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

For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them live on, so the Son too makes alive any whom He chooses to.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life myself. Whoever continues to believe in me will live right on even though he dies,

So you too must consider yourselves as having ended your relation to sin but living in unbroken relation to God.

For the life-giving power of the Spirit through union with Christ Jesus has set us free from the power of sin and death.

For the love of Christ continuously constrains me, because I am convinced that as One died for all, all have died,

You too were dead because of the shortcomings and sins

So it is said: "Wake up, sleeper; get up from the dead, and Christ will make day dawn on you."

Yes, although you were dead through your shortcomings and were physically uncircumcised, God made you live again through fellowship with Christ. He graciously forgave us all our shortcomings,

while a widow who gives herself up to luxury is really dead though still alive.

They are blots on your love feasts while they feast with you, daringly caring for no one but themselves; rainless clouds swept along by winds; leafless trees that bear no fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

"To the messenger of the church at Sardis write: 'The One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars speaks as follows: "I know what you are doing; you have the reputation of being alive, but in reality you are dead.

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"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and continue to look for the lost one until he finds it?

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the people that are lost."

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Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.

Listen! I have given you power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all will ever harm you.

Practice rejoicing with people who rejoice, and weeping with people who weep.

If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it. If one part receives an honor, all the parts can share its joy.

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