Luke 15:29

New International Reader's Version

But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve worked like a slave for you. I have always obeyed your orders. You never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

They say, ‘Keep away! Don’t come near us! We are too sacred for you!’ Those people are like smoke in my nose. They are like a fire that keeps burning all day.

Zechariah 7:3

They went to the prophets and priests at the Lord’s temple. They asked them, “Should we mourn and go without eating in the fifth month? That’s what we’ve done for many years.”

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What do we gain by obeying his laws? And what do we get by pretending to be sad in front of the Lord?

Matthew 20:12

‘These people who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said. ‘You have paid them the same as us. We have done most of the work and have been in the hot sun all day.’

Luke 15:28

“The older brother became angry. He refused to go in. So his father went out and begged him.

Luke 15:30

But this son of yours wasted your money with some prostitutes. Now he comes home. And for him you kill the fattest calf!’

Luke 15:7

I tell you, it will be the same in heaven. There will be great joy when one sinner turns away from sin. Yes, there will be more joy than for 99 godly people who do not need to turn away from their sins.

Luke 17:10

It’s the same with you. Suppose you have done everything you were told to do. Then you should say, ‘We are not worthy to serve you. We have only done our duty.’ ”

Luke 18:9

Jesus told a story to some people who were sure they were right with God. They looked down on everyone else.

Luke 19:21

I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in. You harvest what you did not plant.’

Romans 10:3

They didn’t know that God’s power makes people right with himself. They tried to get right with God in their own way. They didn’t do it in God’s way.

Romans 3:20

So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

Romans 3:27

So who can brag? No one! Are people saved by the law that requires them to obey? Not at all! They are saved because of the law that requires faith.

Romans 7:9

Before I knew about the law, I was alive. But then the commandment came. Sin came to life, and I died.

Revelation 2:17

‘Whoever has ears should listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches. Here is what I will do for anyone who has victory over sin. I will give that person hidden manna to eat. I will also give each of them a white stone with a new name written on it. Only the one who receives this name will know what it is.’

Revelation 3:17

You say, “I am rich. I’ve become wealthy and don’t need anything.” But you don’t realize how pitiful and miserable you have become. You are poor, blind and naked.