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:

Lo

Yet

Revelation 2:17

General references

Jeremiah 35:16

Luke 15:2

Luke 18:21

Bible References

Lo

So likewise you, when you shall have done all the things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants, for we have done what we ought to do.

And He spoke this parable to certain ones who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:

And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, You are blessed of Jehovah. I have done the command of Jehovah.

Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and one who did not forget the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in drawing near to God.

who say, Keep to yourself, do not come near me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burns all the day.

to speak to the priests who belong to the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, consecrating myself, as I have done these many years?

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

because by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law is the knowledge of sin.

For I was alive without the law once. But when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.

though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other thinks that he has reason to trust in the flesh, I more.

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

Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

Yet

I say to you that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

For I feared you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.

But you are profaning it when you say, The table of Jehovah, it is polluted; and its fruit, His 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 as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?

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

General references

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the commandment of their father, which He commanded them; but this people has not listened to Me;

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.

And he said, I have kept all these from my youth up.