Luke 15:32

New Living Translation

We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”

Cross References

Psalm 51:8

Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice.

Isaiah 35:10

Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.

Hosea 14:9

Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.

Luke 15:24

for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.

Luke 15:31

“His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours.

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’

Romans 11:15

For since their rejection meant that God offered salvation to the rest of the world, their acceptance will be even more wonderful. It will be life for those who were dead!

Romans 3:19

Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.

Romans 3:4

Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.”