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 do ye, when ye have done all that hath been commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were bound to do.

And to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised all others, he spoke this parable:

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

Because by works of the Law no flesh shall be accepted as righteous: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin.

And I, apart from the Law, was once alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again, and I died;

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

though I myself have reason for confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath reason for confidence in the flesh, I 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 have gotten wealth, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable one, and poor, and blind, and naked,

Yet

I say to you, that in like manner there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninetynine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

For I feared thee, because thou art a harsh man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, I will give of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

General references

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

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