Luke 15:24

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 45:28

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”

Isaiah 35:10

those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Isaiah 66:11

For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Mark 8:22

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

Luke 10:19

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

Luke 15:23

Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

Luke 15:25

“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 15:32

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

Luke 15:4

“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke 9:60

But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

John 5:21

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

Romans 11:15

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Romans 6:11

So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:13

and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 12:26

If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.

Ephesians 2:1

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

Ephesians 2:5

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –

Ephesians 5:14

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

Colossians 2:13

And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

Jude 1:12

These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit – twice dead, uprooted;

Revelation 3:1

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation that you are alive, but in reality you are dead.