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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Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, "You are blessed by the LORD. I have performed the commandment of the LORD."

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

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

and to speak to the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"

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

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 alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet 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 have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

Yet

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.'

"But you profane it, in that you say, 'The LORD's table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.'

You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully 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 of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

General references

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to me;

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."

He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."