Luke 15:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Lo

Yet

Revelation 2:17

General references

Jeremiah 35:16

Luke 15:2

Luke 18:21

Bible References

Lo

So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the Lord! I have carried out the command of the Lord.”

“Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,
As a nation that has done righteousness
And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight in the nearness of God.

“Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.

speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?”

saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for

through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more:

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

Yet

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.’

“But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’

You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

General references

Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have observed the command of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to Me.’”’

Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”