Luke 15 (NET)

Luke 15:1¹Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:15Matt 9:10-13Luke 5:29-32Matt 21:28-31Ezek 18:27Rom 5:20Luke 13:30Luke 7:29

Luke 15:2²But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:11Luke 19:7Luke 7:39Luke 5:30Acts 11:3Gal 2:12Luke 7:34Luke 15:29-301 Cor 5:9-11

Luke 15:3³So Jesus told them this parable:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Luke 15:4⁴“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 34:16Ezek 34:11-12Matt 18:12-14Luke 19:101 Pet 2:25Ps 119:176Ezek 34:31Isa 53:6Jer 50:6John 10:15-16

Luke 15:5⁵Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:2Isa 40:10-11Isa 46:3-4Luke 19:9Mic 7:18Eph 2:3-6Ezek 18:23Isa 53:10-11Isa 62:5Isa 63:9

Luke 15:6⁶Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 15:10Luke 15:241 Pet 2:25Ps 119:176Acts 11:23John 15:14John 3:291 Pet 2:101 Thess 3:7-9Acts 15:3

Luke 15:7⁷I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 15:10Luke 5:32Luke 15:32Matt 18:13Prov 30:12Luke 18:9-11Phil 3:6-7Luke 16:15Rom 7:9Luke 15:29

Luke 15:8⁸“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 34:12Luke 19:10John 10:16John 11:52Eph 2:17

Luke 15:9⁹Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 15:6-7

Luke 15:10¹⁰In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 15:7Ezek 33:112 Cor 7:10Ezek 18:23Luke 13:5Ezek 18:32Matt 18:14Acts 11:18Luke 7:47Heb 1:14

Luke 15:11¹¹Then Jesus said, “A man had two sons.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Luke 15:12¹²The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 21:16-17Mark 12:44Luke 15:30Ps 17:14

Luke 15:13¹³After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 2:5Prov 21:17Prov 29:3Prov 23:19-22Eccl 11:9-10Luke 15:30Luke 16:1Luke 16:19Prov 28:7Job 21:13-15

Luke 15:14¹⁴Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 33:11Ezek 16:27Amos 8:9-12Hos 2:9-14

Luke 15:15¹⁵So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 3:32 Tim 2:25-26Isa 1:52 Chr 28:22Eph 2:2-3Isa 57:17Jer 31:18-19Jer 5:3Nah 3:61 Cor 6:9-11

Luke 15:16¹⁶He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 6:19-21Hos 12:1Isa 44:20Isa 55:2Isa 57:3Jonah 2:2-8Lam 4:5Ps 142:4Ps 73:22

Luke 15:17¹⁷But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 18:28Eph 2:4-5Luke 15:18-19Eph 5:14Acts 16:29-30Acts 26:11-19Titus 3:4-6Acts 2:37Jer 31:19Luke 8:35

Luke 15:18¹⁸I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 3:401 John 1:8-10Luke 15:21Jer 50:4-5Luke 18:13Ps 51:3-5Matt 6:14Hos 2:6-7Ps 32:3-5Jer 3:19

Luke 15:19¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 42:6Ps 84:101 Pet 5:6Jas 4:8-10Gen 32:10Josh 9:24-25Luke 5:81 Cor 15:9Luke 7:6-71 Tim 1:13-16

Luke 15:20²⁰So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 103:10-13Ps 86:5Ps 86:15Eph 2:13Deut 30:2-4Gen 46:29Isa 49:15Gen 33:4Job 33:27-28Eph 2:17

Luke 15:21²¹Then his son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 51:4Luke 15:18-191 Cor 8:12Jer 3:13Rom 2:4Ps 143:2Ezek 16:63

Luke 15:22²²But the father said to his slaves, ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 8:2Gen 41:42Isa 61:10Rev 6:11Esth 3:10Rev 19:8Rev 7:9Zech 3:3-5Rev 3:4-5Eph 4:22-24

Luke 15:23²³Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 22:2-14Isa 25:6Ps 63:5Gen 18:7Isa 65:13-14Prov 9:2

Luke 15:24²⁴because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again—he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 2:5Ezek 34:16Luke 19:10Col 2:13Luke 15:4Eph 2:1Luke 15:32Rom 6:11Luke 15:7-92 Cor 5:14-15

Luke 15:25²⁵“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 31:4Ps 150:42 Sam 6:14Eccl 3:4Exod 15:20Luke 15:11-12Luke 7:32Ps 126:1Ps 149:3Ps 30:11

Luke 15:26²⁶So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Luke 15:27²⁷The slave replied, ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:13Acts 9:17Luke 15:30Phlm 1:16

Luke 15:28²⁸But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 18:8Gen 4:5-7Jonah 4:9Luke 15:2Isa 65:5Jonah 4:1-4Luke 13:34Luke 7:391 Sam 17:28Acts 13:45

Luke 15:29²⁹but he answered his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 15:7Luke 18:11-12Mal 3:14Zech 7:31 John 1:8-101 Sam 15:13-14Isa 65:5Luke 17:10Luke 18:20-21Luke 18:9

Luke 15:30³⁰But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 15:12-13Prov 29:3Luke 15:32Luke 18:11Exod 32:11Exod 32:7Luke 15:22-23

Luke 15:31³¹Then the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 7:27-28Rom 11:1Rom 9:4Matt 20:13-16Luke 19:22-23Rom 11:35

Luke 15:32³²It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 2:1-10Luke 15:24Isa 35:10Ps 51:8Rom 3:4Jonah 4:10-11Rom 15:9-13Hos 14:9Rom 3:19Luke 7:34