Luke 15:32

New King James Version

It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 51:8

Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them.

Matthew 18:11

For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

Luke 15:24

for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

Luke 15:31

“And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

Luke 7:34

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

Romans 11:15

For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Romans 3:4

Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged.”