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Luke 15:5

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when: Luke 19:9, Luke 23:43; Isaiah 62:12; John 4:34-35; Acts 9:1-16; Romans 10:20-21; Ephesians 2:3-6; Titus 3:3-7

he layeth: Isaiah 40:10-11, Isaiah 46:3-4, Isaiah 63:9; Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:19-20, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:26; 1 Peter 1:5

rejoicing: Luke 15:23-24, Luke 15:32; Isaiah 53:10-11, Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 32:41-42; Ezekiel 18:23, Ezekiel 33:11; Micah 7:18; Zephaniah 3:17; John 15:11; Hebrews 12:2

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