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

Luke 15:7

Luke 19:21

Revelation 2:17

General references

Luke 15:2

Luke 18:21

Bible References

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And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"

Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded every one else with scorn, Jesus told this parable--

'These last,' they said, 'have done only one hour's work, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us, who have borne the brunt of the day's work, and the heat.'

For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!

For, in their ignorance of the Divine Righteousness, and in their eagerness to set up a righteousness of their own, they refused to accept with submission the Divine Righteousness.

Though I, if any man, have cause to rely even upon them. If any one thinks he can rely upon external privileges, far more can I!

If we say that there is no sin in us, we are deceiving ourselves, and the Truth has no place in us.

You say 'I am rich and have grown rich, and I want for nothing,' and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked!

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So, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in Heaven over one outcast that repents, than over ninety-nine religious men, who have no need to repent.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a stern man. You take what you have not planted, and reap what you have not sown.'

Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To him who conquers-- to him I will give a share of the mystic manna, and I will give him a white stone; and on the stone shall be inscribed a new name, which no one knows except him who receives it."

General references

But the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law found fault. "This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!" they complained.

"I have observed all these," he replied, "from childhood."