Cross References

Luke 15:31

Holman Christian Standard Bible

“ ‘Son,’ he said to him, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

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But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ”

A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever.

I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Or who has ever first given to Him, and has to be repaid?

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.