Luke 15:32

New Century Version

We had to celebrate and be happy because your brother was dead, but now he is alive. He was lost, but now he is found.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 51:8

Make me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you crushed be happy again.

Isaiah 35:10

the people the Lord has freed will return there. They will enter Jerusalem with joy, and their happiness will last forever. Their gladness and joy will fill them completely, and sorrow and sadness will go far away.

Hosea 14:9

A wise person will know these things, and an understanding person will take them to heart. The Lord’s ways are right. Good people live by following them, but those who turn against God die because of them.

Matthew 18:11

The Son of Man came to save lost people.]

Luke 15:24

My son was dead, but now he is alive again! He was lost, but now he is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:31

The father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine, and he is a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Romans 11:15

When God turned away from the Jews, he became friends with other people in the world. So when God accepts the Jews, surely that will bring them life after death.

Romans 3:19

We know that the law’s commands are for those who have the law. This stops all excuses and brings the whole world under God’s judgment,

Romans 3:4

No! God will continue to be true even when every person is false. As the Scriptures say: “So you will be shown to be right when you speak, and you will win your case.”