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

This

We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"

And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.

For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;

In the same way you also must regard yourselves as dead in relation to sin, but as alive in relation to God, because you are in Christ Jesus.

for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.

For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,

To you Gentiles also, who were dead through your offences and sins,

For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."

And to you--dead as you once were in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your natural state--He has nevertheless given Life with Himself, having forgiven us all our transgressions.

but a pleasure-loving widow is dead even while still alive.

These men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for themselves; clouds without water, driven away by the winds; trees that cast their fruit, barren, doubly dead, uprooted;

"To the minister of the Church at Sardis write as follows: "'This is what He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says. I know your doings--you are supposed to be alive, but in reality you are dead.

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"Which of you men, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in their pasture and go in search of the lost one till he finds it?

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

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They

I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner--more rejoicing than over ninety-nine blameless persons who have no need of repentance.

"I have given you power to tread serpents and scorpions underfoot, and to trample on all the power of the Enemy; and in no case shall anything do you harm.

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

And if one part is suffering, every other part suffers with it; or if one part is receiving special honor, every other part shares in the joy.

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