Luke 15:29

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But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:5

who say, “Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I mourn and practice abstinence in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

Malachi 3:14

You have said, “It is vain to serve God. What do we profit by keeping his command or by going about as mourners before the Lord of hosts?

Matthew 20:12

saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

Luke 15:28

Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’

Luke 15:7

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 17:10

So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!’ ”

Luke 18:9

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:

Luke 19:21

for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

Romans 10:3

For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God's righteousness.

Romans 3:20

For “no human being will be justified in his sight” by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:27

Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived

Revelation 2:17

Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.