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:

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Yet

Revelation 2:17

General references

Jeremiah 35:16

Luke 15:2

Luke 18:21

Bible References

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So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, 'We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.'"

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

When Samuel came to him, Saul said to him, "May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said."

They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.

They say, 'Keep to yourself! Don't get near me, for I am holier than you!' These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.

by asking both the priests of the temple of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, "Should we weep in the fifth month, fasting as we have done over the years?"

saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.'

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

-- though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

Yet

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.'

"But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable.

You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.'

General references

Yes, the descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have carried out the orders that their ancestor gave them. But you people have not obeyed me!

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."