Luke 15:32

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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

Cross References

Psalm 51:8

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Isaiah 35:10

and the redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Hosea 14:9

Let whoever is wise understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognize them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

Matthew 18:11

For the Son of Man has come to save the lost.

Luke 15:24

because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! ’ So they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:31

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

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ’

Romans 11:15

For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

Romans 3:4

Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written: That You may be justified in Your words and triumph when You judge.