Luke 15:24

The father declares his son was dead and is alive, lost and now found, and the feast begins.

Cross-references · 30

• Eph 2:5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
• Ezek 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
• Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
• Col 2:13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
• Luke 15:4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
• Eph 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
• Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
• Rom 6:11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
• Luke 15:7–9In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
• Isa 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
• 2 Cor 5:14–15For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
• John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
• Rom 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
• John 5:24–25Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
• Rom 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
• 1 Cor 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
• Eph 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• Matt 18:10–13See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
• Rev 3:1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
• Rom 6:13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
• John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
• Jer 31:12–17They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
• Rom 11:15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
• Mark 8:22When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
• Ezek 34:4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
• 1 Tim 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
• Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
• Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
• Gen 45:28“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
• Isa 66:11so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.

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