Luke 15:20-24
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Luke 15 · Words of Christ are set in red.
16 songs meet this passage
Come As You Are · Crowder
resonates with Luke 15:20-24
Recalls the father running to the returning prodigal, welcoming the strayed home without condition.
“Oh, you a Muslim now, no more dope game”
I Ain't Mad At Cha (feat. Danny Boy) · 2Pac
resonates with Luke 15:20-24
The surprise and grudging respect at a friend's turnaround echoes the father's joy over the prodigal's return, even if the narrator can't fully embrace it himself.
Kill Yourself V · $uicideboy$
resonates with Luke 15:17-20
The ache for a father figure and admission of being lost echoes the prodigal's longing to return home, though here it remains unresolved.
“Oh, won't you please take me home?”
Paradise City · Guns N' Roses
resonates with Luke 15:17-20
The repeated plea to be taken home resembles the prodigal's turn toward his father's house, a longing for belonging and rest.
“Just tryin' to find my way back home”
Dead and Gone (feat. Justin Timberlake) · T.I.
resonates with Luke 15:17-20
The longing to return home after a destructive season echoes the prodigal's turn, though here the father waiting is left undefined.
“I'm only one call away from home”
Son of a Sinner · Jelly Roll
resonates with Luke 15:18-20
Like the prodigal son, he knows the way back is still open even mid-wandering, and that home will receive him.
Mr. Mircale · Kid Cudi
resonates with Luke 15:20
The prodigal son 'came to himself' and found his way back home to a waiting father. Cudi's refrain 'I found my way back home, now I get it' carries the same beat — the moment of return and sudden clarity.
Salt Water · Kid Cudi
resonates with Luke 15:20
The longing for a father's pride and affirmation echoes the prodigal's return and the father's embrace, a picture of belonging restored.
“This prayer is for everyone that feels they're not good enough”
Ultralight Beam · Kanye West
resonates with Luke 15:20
Echoes the prodigal's welcome home, the assurance that shame and distance do not bar return to the Father.
“need you back home”
Baptized in Fire (feat. Travis Scott) · Kid Cudi
resonates with Luke 15:20
The chorus's ache for a lost 'big bro' to return mirrors the father's longing for the prodigal; the call home is real even if no one answers it here.
“Took twenty-eight years of blood I was lost in”
28 · Zach Bryan
resonates with Luke 15:20
The long road home and the ache to finally feel loved mirrors the prodigal's return, a homecoming after years of distance.
Thank God I Do · Lauren Daigle
resonates with Luke 15:20
The language of finally coming home recalls the prodigal's return and the welcome that awaited him.
“calling, calling, calling me home”
Lights · Ellie Goulding
resonates with Luke 15:20
The longing to be called home echoes the deep human ache for welcome and return, even without naming who calls.
Nothin' Can Change This Love (Alternate Version) · Sam Cooke
resonates with Luke 15:20
The welcome-home posture toward a wandering lover echoes the father's unconditional embrace of the returning prodigal.
“I was lost, but He brought me in”
Who You Say I Am · Hillsong Worship & Brooke Ligertwood
resonates with Luke 15:24
Echoes the parable of the lost son being welcomed home, the same reversal the song celebrates.
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) · Chris Tomlin
resonates with Luke 15:24
The prodigal's father declares him 'found,' the same reversal from lost to found that anchors this verse.
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