The 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 →

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

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.

And he said, A certain man had two sons:

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:

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 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.

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 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 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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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;

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.

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

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

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.

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:

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

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

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 →

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?

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.

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

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 →

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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?

for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

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

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

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

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

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

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: — read the full passage →

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

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

And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.

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

yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

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 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 →

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 →

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

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 →

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.

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

who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw.

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

saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:

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 spake unto them this parable, saying,

When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.

And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.

The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.