Luke 15:29

First Nations Version

“The older son said to his father, ‘Why can you not see? I have worked hard for you all my life, and done all that you have asked of me, but you have not even given me one small goat to have a feast with my friends.

Cross References

Revelation 3:17

The reason for this is that you say, ‘I have acquired great possessions, more than I could ever need.’ But you cannot see that you are to be pitied, for spiritually you are full of misery—poor and blind and naked.

Revelation 2:17

Let the one who has ears hear and do what the Spirit is saying to the sacred families. I will give the mysterious bread to the ones who win the victory. I will also give them a new name carved into a white stone. A name known only to the one who receives it.

Romans 10:3

Since they did not understand Creator’s path to good standing, they tried to make their own way. But in doing so, they did not walk Creator’s path and never found good standing in his eyes.

Romans 7:9

I once lived my life not knowing the law, but when I heard the law’s instructions, my broken ways came to life and I died.

Luke 19:21

I dared not trade with it, for I know you to be a harsh man and I was afraid. You take from others what is not yours and harvest food you did not plant.’

Luke 18:9

He then told a story to warn the ones who trusted in themselves and thought they were better than others.

Luke 17:10

In the same way, when you have done everything the Great Spirit expects of you, serve him as you would an elder and do not expect to be honored for doing only what you should do.”

Luke 15:7

“In the same way, the spirit-world above will celebrate even more over one outcast who finds the way back home than for ninety-nine who are already safely there.

Matthew 20:12

‘Why should we be paid the same as the ones who worked only one hour?’

Romans 3:27

There is now no room for anyone to brag or boast. Why not? Because the Great Spirit has given us a new kind of law, not one that depends on what human strength or desire can do, but one that depends on trusting in what Creator Sets Free (Jesus) has done.

Romans 3:20

So then, it should be clear to all that no one can be in good standing in the eyes of the Great Spirit by doing what our tribal law says. What is clear is that the law shows us how bad our hearts have become and how broken our lives truly are.

Luke 15:28

“Hearing this, the older brother became very angry and refused to go into the lodge. The father saw him brooding outside, so he went to him and urged him to come in.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours, who wasted all you gave him on sexual favors with women, comes home, you kill the fattest calf for him.’ “The father looked kindly into his older son’s face.