Luke 15:28

Easy To Read Version

The older son was angry and would not go in to the party. So his father went out to ask him to come in.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

“But those people tell other people, ‘Don’t come near me! Don’t touch me until I make you clean.’ Those people are like smoke in my eyes. And their fire burns all the time.”

Isaiah 66:5

You people that obey the Lord’s commands\par should listen to the things\par the Lord says,\par “Your brothers hated you.\par They turned against you\par because you followed me.\par Your brothers said,\par ‘We will come back to you\par when the Lord is honored.\par Then we will be happy with you.’\par Those bad people will be punished.\par

Jeremiah 35:16

The descendants of Jonadab obeyed the commands that their ancestor gave them. But the people of Judah have not obeyed me.”

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry just because this plant died?”

Matthew 20:11

When they got their silver coin, these workers complained to the man that owned the land.

Mark 1:40

A man that had leprosy {\cf2\super [21]} came to Jesus. The man bowed on his knees and begged Jesus, “You have the power to heal me if you want.”

Luke 13:34

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. {\cf2\super [250]} You kill with rocks those men that God has sent you. Many, many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather your people together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.

Luke 15:2

Then the Pharisees {\cf2\super [258]} and the teachers of the law began to complain, “Look! This man (Jesus) welcomes bad people and even eats with them!”

Luke 15:27

The servant said, ‘Your brother has come back. Your father killed the fat calf to eat. Your father is happy because your brother came home safely!’

Luke 15:29

The son said to his father, ‘I have served you like a slave for many years! I have always obeyed your commands. But you never killed even a goat for me! You never gave a party for me and my friends.

Luke 5:30

But the Pharisees {\cf2\super [99]} and those men that taught the law for the Pharisees began to complain to the followers of Jesus, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other bad people?”

Luke 7:39

The Pharisee that asked Jesus to come to his house saw this. He thought to himself, “If this man (Jesus) were a prophet, {\cf2\super [143]} he would know that the woman who is touching him is a sinner!”

Acts 13:45

The Jews saw all these people there. So the Jews became very jealous. They said some very bad things and argued against the words that Paul said.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews caused some of the important religious women and the leaders of the city to become angry and to be against Paul and Barnabas. These people did things against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of town.

Acts 14:19

Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. They persuaded the people to be against Paul. And so the people threw rocks at Paul and dragged him out of the town. The people thought that they had killed Paul.

Acts 14:2

But some of the Jews did not believe. These Jews excited the non-Jewish people and made them think bad things about the brothers (believers).

Romans 10:19

Again I ask, “Did the people of Israel {\cf2\super [112]} not understand?” Yes, they did understand. First, Moses says this \{for God\}:

1 Thessalonians 2:16

Yes. They try to stop us from teaching the non-Jews. We teach the non-Jews so that the non-Jews can be saved. But those Jews are adding more and more sins to the sins they already have. The anger of God has fully come to them now.

1 Samuel 17:28

David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking with the soldiers. Eliab became angry at David. Eliab asked David, “Why did you come here? Who did you leave those few sheep with in the desert? I know why you came down here! You didn’t want to do what you were told to do. You just wanted to come down here to watch the battle!”

1 Samuel 18:8

The women’s song upset Saul and he became very angry. Saul thought, “The women say David killed tens of thousands {of enemies}. And they say I killed only thousands {of enemies}.”