Luke 15:31

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And the father replied, ‘Son, you are always [here] with me, and everything I have is yours.

Cross References

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours came [home], after having squandered all you gave him on prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

Luke 15:32

But it was [only] proper that we celebrate and have a good time, for this brother of yours was dead [spiritually], but is [now] alive again; he was lost [from me] but [now] is found.’”

John 8:35

Now the slave does not remain part of the family forever, [but] the son does.

Romans 11:1

Then I ask, “Did God reject His [own] people [i.e., the Jews]?” Certainly not! For I am an Israelite too, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:35

Or, who has given [something] to God that He has to pay back?

Romans 9:4

the Israelites. These people are God’s adopted children; they have [experienced] His glorious presence; they have [received] His Agreements; they have been given the Law of Moses; they possess the [Temple] service and the promises [of God].