Luke 15:24
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24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again;(A) he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.(B)
Ephesians 2:5
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5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions(A)—it is by grace you have been saved.(B)
Colossians 2:13
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13 When you were dead in your sins(A) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[a] alive(B) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,(C)
Footnotes
- Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
Luke 19:10
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10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”(A)
Luke 15:4
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4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?(A)
Ezekiel 34:16
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16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(A) the injured and strengthen the weak,(B) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(C) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(D)
Ephesians 2:1
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Made Alive in Christ
2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,(A)
Luke 15:32
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32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”(A)
Romans 8:2
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2 because through Christ Jesus(A) the law of the Spirit who gives life(B) has set you[a] free(C) from the law of sin(D) and death.
Footnotes
- Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
Romans 6:11
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11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin(A) but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 5:6
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6 But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.(A)
Ephesians 5:14
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14 This is why it is said:
Revelation 3:1
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To the Church in Sardis
Footnotes
- Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
- Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(A) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(B) but for him who died for them(C) and was raised again.
Romans 11:15
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15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation(A) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?(B)
Romans 6:13
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13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(A) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.(B)
John 11:25
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25 Jesus said to her, “I am(A) the resurrection and the life.(B) The one who believes(C) in me will live, even though they die;
John 5:24-25
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24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(A) has eternal life(B) and will not be judged(C) but has crossed over from death to life.(D) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(E) when the dead will hear(F) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.
John 5:21
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21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(A) even so the Son gives life(B) to whom he is pleased to give it.
Luke 15:7-9
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7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.(A)
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’(B)
Footnotes
- Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas, each worth about a day’s wages
Jeremiah 31:12-17
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12 They will come and shout for joy(A) on the heights(B) of Zion;
they will rejoice in the bounty(C) of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,(D)
the young of the flocks(E) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,(F)
and they will sorrow(G) no more.
13 Then young women will dance and be glad,
young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning(H) into gladness;
I will give them comfort(I) and joy(J) instead of sorrow.
14 I will satisfy(K) the priests(L) with abundance,
and my people will be filled with my bounty,(M)”
declares the Lord.
15 This is what the Lord says:
“A voice is heard in Ramah,(N)
mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,(O)
because they are no more.”(P)
16 This is what the Lord says:
Isaiah 35:10
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1 Corinthians 12:26
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26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Romans 12:15
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15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.(A)
Mark 8:22
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Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 They came to Bethsaida,(A) and some people brought a blind man(B) and begged Jesus to touch him.
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