Prodigal Son

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →

But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

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

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

And he said, A certain man had two sons:

And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion ofthy substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine. — read the full passage →

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it? — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. — read the full passage →

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger! — read the full passage →

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: — read the full passage →

and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him; — read the full passage →

in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ; — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, — read the full passage →

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. — read the full passage →

And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. — read the full passage →