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Luke 15:28

Luke 15:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

he: Luke 15:2, Luke 5:30, Luke 7:39; 1 Samuel 17:28, 1 Samuel 18:8; Isaiah 65:5, Isaiah 66:5; Jonah 4:1-3; Matthew 20:11; Acts 13:45, Acts 13:50, Acts 14:2, Acts 14:19, Acts 22:21-22; Romans 10:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:16

therefore: Luke 13:34, Luke 24:47; Genesis 4:5-7; Jonah 4:4, Jonah 4:9; 2 Corinthians 5:20

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