Luke 15:17
“And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!”
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
“Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.”
“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,”
“Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,”
“I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,”