“Embracing Mercy” Ch 2 Pg 186 In Church Bibles

But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Matthew 12:39-41

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:39-41

The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. Matthew 12:39-41

Acts 17:10-11 These were more fair-minded … in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. Acts 17:10-11

Psalm 120:1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried to the Lord, And He heard me. Psalm 120:1

Psalm 130:1-2 A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice! Psalm 130:1-2

“And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. Luke 15:13-17

“Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished. “So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. Luke 15:13-17

“And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him. Luke 15:13-17

“And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him. “But when he came to his senses…. Luke 15:13-17

Psalm 42:6-7 O my God, my soul is cast down within me… Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me. Psalm 42:6-7

“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! Luke 15:17

For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You. Psalm 31:22

Luke 15:18-19 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’ Luke 15:18-19

Luke 15:20 “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. Luke 15:20

And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ Luke 15:21-24

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. Luke 15:21-24

And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry. Luke 15:21-24

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. Psalm 86:5