Luke 15:17 Cross References

Luke 15:17

17: "When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, 'At home even the hired men have food enough to spare, and here I am, dying of hunger!

They will live, because after thinking it over, they decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.

But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)

And where your light shines, it will expose their evil deeds. This is why it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light."

I will go home to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired man."'

Many times I had them whipped in the synagogues to try to get them to curse Christ. I was so violently opposed to them that I even hounded them in distant cities of foreign lands.
"One day I was on such a mission to Damascus, armed with the authority and commission of the leading priests.
About noon, Your Majesty, a light from heaven brighter than the sun shone down on me and my companions.
We all fell down, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to fight against my will. '
"'Who are you, sir?' I asked. "And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting.

Trembling with fear, the jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down before Paul and Silas.
He brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

I turned away from God, but then I was sorry. I kicked myself for my stupidity! I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.'

But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.
He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.

Peter's words convicted them deeply, and they said to him and to the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"

A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, for they wanted to see for themselves what had happened. And they saw the man who had been possessed by demons sitting quietly at Jesus' feet, clothed and sane. And the whole crowd was afraid.

And now in the midst of her sadness and wandering, Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor. But then she fell to her enemy, and there was no one to help her. Her enemy struck her down and laughed as she fell.

Their present life is only a dream that is gone when they awake. When you arise, O Lord, you will make them vanish from this life.

and his soul went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Lazarus in the far distance with Abraham.

It seems so tragic that one fate comes to all. That is why people are not more careful to be good. Instead, they choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.

So don't be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.
Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows.
In his goodness he chose to make us his own children by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his choice possession.

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