Luke 15:32

Free Bible Version

But we should be happy and celebrate! This is your brother who was dead, but who has returned alive; he was lost but now he's found!’”

Cross References

Psalm 51:8

Please let me hear joy and happiness again; let the bones you have crushed be glad once more.

Isaiah 35:10

Those the Lord has set free will return, singing as they enter Jerusalem, wearing crowns of everlasting joy. They are overcome with thankfulness and happiness; sorrow and sadness simply disappear.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise to understand these things? Who has discernment in understanding them? The Lord's paths are right—the good follow them, but rebels trip and fall along the way.

Matthew 18:11

Luke 15:24

because this is my son who was dead, but who has returned alive; he was lost but now he's found.’ So they started celebrating.

Luke 15:31

‘Son,’ the father replied, ‘you are always here with me. Everything I have is yours.

Luke 7:34

Now the Son of man is here, and eats and drinks with people, but you say, ‘Look, he spends his time eating too much food and drinking too much wine. Plus he's a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’

Romans 11:15

If the result of God's rejection of them is that the world becomes God's friends, the result of God's acceptance of them would be like the dead coming back to life!

Romans 3:19

It's clear that everything in the law applies to those who live under the law so that no one could have any excuses, and to make sure everyone in the whole world is answerable to God.

Romans 3:4

Of course not! Even if everyone else is proved to be lying, God always tells the truth. As Scripture says, “What you say will be proved right, and you will win your case when you are judged.”