Luke 15:18

Easy To Read Version

I will leave and go to my father. I will say to him: Father, I sinned against God and have done wrong to you.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:19

Manasseh’s prayer and how God listened and felt sorry for him is written in The Book of the Seers. Also all of Manasseh’s sins and wrongs before he humbled himself, and the places where he built high places {\cf2\super [416]} and set up the Asherah Poles {\cf2\super [417]} are written in The Book of the Seers.

Psalm 25:11

Lord, I have done many wrong things.\par But, to show your goodness,\par you forgave me for everything I did.\par

Proverbs 23:13

Always punish a child if it needs it. It will not hurt him to spank him.

Isaiah 63:16

Look! You are our father!\par Abraham doesn’t know us.\par Israel (Jacob) does not recognize us.\par Lord, you are our father!\par You are the One who has always saved us!\par

Jeremiah 3:19

“I, the Lord, said to myself,\par ‘I want to treat you like my own children.\par I want to give you a pleasant land,\par a land more beautiful\par than any other nation.’\par I thought that you would call me ‘Father.’\par I thought that you would always follow me.\par

Jeremiah 31:20

\{God says,\}\par “You know that Ephraim {\cf2\super [255]} is my dear son.\par I love that child.\par Yes, I often criticized Ephraim,\par but I still think about him.\par I love him very much.\par And I really do want to comfort him.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Lamentations 3:29

That person should bow to the Lord\par with his face to the ground.\par Maybe there is still hope.\par

Lamentations 3:40

Let us check and see what we have done.\par Then let us turn back to the Lord.\par

Daniel 4:26

“The command to leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground means this: Your kingdom will be given back to you. This will happen when you learn that Most High (God) rules your kingdom.

Jonah 2:4

Then I thought,\par ‘Now I must go where you cannot see me.’\par But I continued looking to your holy temple {\cf2\super [9]} for help.\par

Jonah 3:9

Then maybe God will change and not do the things he had planned. Maybe God will change and not be angry. Then maybe we will not be punished.

Matthew 3:6

People told the sins they had done, and John baptized {\cf2\super [36]} them in the Jordan River.

Matthew 6:14

Yes, if you forgive other people for the things they do wrong, then your Father in heaven will also forgive you for the things you do wrong.

Matthew 6:9

So when you pray, you should pray like this:

Matthew 7:11

\{You are not like God\}—you are evil. But you know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father will give good things to those people that ask him.

Luke 11:2

Jesus said to the followers, “When you pray, pray like this:

Luke 15:17

The boy realized that he had been very foolish. He thought, ‘All of my father’s servants have plenty of food. But I am here, almost dead because I have nothing to eat.

Luke 15:19

I am not good enough to be called your son. But let me be like one of your servants.’

Luke 15:21

The son said, ‘Father, I sinned against God and have done wrong to you. I am not good enough to be called your son.’

Luke 18:13

“The tax collector {\cf2\super [288]} stood alone too. But when he prayed, he would not even look up to heaven. The tax collector felt very humble before God. He said, ‘O God, have mercy on me. I am a sinner!’