Prodigal Son

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

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. — read the full passage →

It was meet that we should 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 when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish 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 wasted his substance with riotous living.

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

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth 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 of goods 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 the Lord. — read the full passage →

And Pharaoh took off his 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 I have 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 musick and dancing.

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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

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

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: — read the full passage →

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

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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

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

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

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. — read the full passage →

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose 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 before thee,

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

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

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: — read the full passage →

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

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

He that wasteth 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 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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

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

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord 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 are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

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

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

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure 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, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; — read the full passage →

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, — read the full passage →

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

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: 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 sheweth 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 Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted 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 one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. — read the full passage →