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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I think not. So likewise ye, when ye have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are but unprofitable servants: we have done what was our duty to do.

And he spake this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others.

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

Therefore no flesh shall be justified in his sight by the works of the law; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

And I was once alive without the law; but when the commandment came,

For they being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

Though I might have confidence: if any man think that he may have confidence in the flesh, I more: Circumcised the eighth day,

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

Because thou sayst, I am rich, and have inriched myself, and have need of nothing, and knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

Yet

I say to you, Thus joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, who do not need repentance.

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layest not 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 will I give of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which none knoweth, but he that receiveth it.

General references

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

And he said, All these have I kept from my childhood. Jesus hearing these things said to him, Yet lackest thou one thing: