Luke 15:31

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me. Everything I have is yours.

Cross References

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 15:32

But we had to celebrate and be glad. This brother of yours was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.’ ”

John 8:35

A slave has no lasting place in the family. But a son belongs to the family forever.

Romans 11:1

So here is what I ask. Did God turn his back on his people? Not at all! I myself belong to Israel. I am one of Abraham’s children. I am from the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:35

“Has anyone ever given anything to God, so that God has to pay them back?” (Job 41:11)

Romans 9:4

They are the people of Israel. They have been adopted as God’s children. God’s glory belongs to them. So do the covenants. They received the law. They were taught to worship in the temple. They were given the promises.