Cross references

Luke 15:17

Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!

Luke 15:17 BSB

Luke 15:17 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 18:28 (20 votes) and Ephesians 2:4–5 (18 votes). 42 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Deuteronomy 23 to James 1.

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Which verses does Luke 15:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

  2. But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

  3. I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’

  4. So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

  5. Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

  6. I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them. In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. …

  7. But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. …

  8. After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

  9. Luke 8:355 votes

    So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

  10. Acts 2:375 votes

    When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

  11. Luke 16:232 votes

Which verses point to Luke 15:17?

The 10 strongest of 42.