Luke 15:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 15:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 15:28 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 15:28 — KJV
“And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.”
— Luke 15:28 (KJV)
Luke 15:28 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 15:28
“And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.”
Shares key themes with Luke 15:28: would, therefore, came
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Luke 15:28: would, came, father
“And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?”
Shares key themes with Luke 15:28: would, came, father
“And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.”
Shares key themes with Luke 15:28: therefore, came, father
“And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.”
Shares key themes with Luke 15:28: therefore, came, father
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