Bible Verses about “children returning home”

“"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.”

“for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.”

“The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;”

“"He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”

“The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'”

“Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;”

“But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!”

“I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.”

“I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'”

“to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.”

“I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”

“to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;”

“For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.”

“Instead of your shame [you shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them.”

“"For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.”

“They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.”

“But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men will call you the ministers of our God: you will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their glory.”

“Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.”

“Their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Yahweh has blessed."”

“There is hope for your latter end, says Yahweh; and [your] children shall come again to their own border.”

“But thus says Yahweh, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.”