Luke 15:31

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the father said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

Cross References

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you have killed for him that [wheat-] fattened calf!

Luke 15:32

But it was fitting to make merry, to revel and feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!

John 8:35

Now a slave does not remain in a household permanently (forever); the son [of the house] does remain forever.

Romans 11:1

I ASK then: Has God totally rejected and disowned His people? Of course not! Why, I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin! [I Sam. 12:22; Jer. 31:37; 33:24-26; Phil. 3:5.]

Romans 11:35

Or who has first given God anything that he might be paid back or that he could claim a recompense?

Romans 9:4

For they are Israelites, and to them belong God's adoption [as a nation] and the glorious Presence (Shekinah). With them were the special covenants made, to them was the Law given. To them [the temple] worship was revealed and [God's own] promises announced. [Exod. 4:22; Hos. 11:1.]