Luke 15:29

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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:

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Yet

Luke 15:7

Luke 19:21

Revelation 2:17

General references

Luke 15:2

Luke 18:21

Bible References

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So also ye, when ye have done all things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: for we have but done what was our duty to do.

Then he spake also this parable to certain persons, who had confidence in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:

saying, These last have wrought only a single hour, and thou hast put them on an equality with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

Wherefore by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified before God: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

For though I lived without the law formerly; yet when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.

For being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God, and seeking to establish a righteousness of their own, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

Though I too might have confidence in the flesh; if any other man thinks that he may have confidence in the flesh, I may claim more:

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

because thou sayest, I am rich, and wallow in wealth, and have no want unsupplied; yet thou knowest not that thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

Yet

I tell you, that just so will there be joy in heaven over one repentant sinner, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who hold not their need of repentance.

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up where thou hadst laid nothing down, and reapest where thou didst not sow.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches, To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble, and upon the pebble a new name inscribed, which no man knoweth except the person who receiveth it.

General references

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man entertains sinners, and eateth with them.

Then he said, All these things have I observed from my youth.