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Isaiah 53:4

Isaiah 53:4 (NLT)
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!

Isaiah 53:5

Isaiah 53:5 (NLT)
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.

Isaiah 53:6

Isaiah 53:6 (NLT)
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.

Ezekiel 33:11

Ezekiel 33:11 (NLT)
As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, Opeople of Israel! Why should you die?

Exodus 34:6

Exodus 34:6 (NLT)
The LORD passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The LORD! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.

Luke 15:11

Luke 15:11 (NLT)
To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.

Luke 15:12

Luke 15:12 (NLT)
The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.

Luke 15:13

Luke 15:13 (NLT)
“A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.

Luke 15:14

Luke 15:14 (NLT)
About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.

Luke 15:15

Luke 15:15 (NLT)
He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

Luke 15:16

Luke 15:16 (NLT)
The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.

Luke 15:17

Luke 15:17 (NLT)
“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!

Luke 15:18

Luke 15:18 (NLT)
I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,

Luke 15:19

Luke 15:19 (NLT)
and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’

Luke 15:20

Luke 15:20 (NLT)
“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

Luke 15:21

Luke 15:21 (NLT)
His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’

Luke 15:22

Luke 15:22 (NLT)
“But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.

Luke 15:23

Luke 15:23 (NLT)
And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,

Luke 15:24

Luke 15:24 (NLT)
for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.

Luke 15:26

Luke 15:26 (NLT)
and he asked one of the servants what was going on.

Luke 15:27

Luke 15:27 (NLT)
‘Your brother is back,’ he was told, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf. We are celebrating because of his safe return.’

Luke 15:28

Luke 15:28 (NLT)
“The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him,

Luke 15:29

Luke 15:29 (NLT)
but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends.

Luke 15:31

Luke 15:31 (NLT)
“His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours.

Luke 15:32

Luke 15:32 (NLT)
We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”