Bible Verses About Mercy: To backsliders

I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,

And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired seruants.

So hee arose and came to his father, and when hee was yet a great way off, his father sawe him, and had compassion, and ranne and fell on his necke, and kissed him.

It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.

So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.

Wherefore, I pray you, that you woulde confirme your loue towards him.