Luke 15:5

Good News Translation

When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders

Cross References

Isaiah 62:12

You will be called “God's Holy People,” “The People the Lord Has Saved.” Jerusalem will be called “The City That God Loves,” “The City That God Did Not Forsake.”

Isaiah 62:5

Like a young man taking a virgin as his bride, He who formed you will marry you. As a groom is delighted with his bride, So your God will delight in you.

Isaiah 63:9

from all their suffering. It was not an angel, but the Lord himself who saved them. In his love and compassion he rescued them. He had always taken care of them in the past,

Ezekiel 18:23

Do you think I enjoy seeing evil people die?” asks the Sovereign Lord. “No, I would rather see them repent and live.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die?

Micah 5:4

When he comes, he will rule his people with the strength that comes from the Lord and with the majesty of the Lord God himself. His people will live in safety because people all over the earth will acknowledge his greatness,

Micah 7:18

There is no other god like you, O Lord; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is with you; his power gives you victory. The Lord will take delight in you, and in his love he will give you new life. He will sing and be joyful over you,

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and be happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.’”

Luke 15:4

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them—what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it.

Luke 15:6

and carry it back home. Then you call your friends and neighbors together and say to them, ‘I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!’

Luke 19:9

Jesus said to him, “Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham.

Luke 23:43

Jesus said to him, “I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me.”

John 15:11

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.

Ephesians 3:7

I was made a servant of the gospel by God's special gift, which he gave me through the working of his power.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For we brought the Good News to you, not with words only, but also with power and the Holy Spirit, and with complete conviction of its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you; it was for your own good.

2 Timothy 2:26

And then they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the Devil, who had caught them and made them obey his will.

Hebrews 12:2

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.

1 Peter 1:5

They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.