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| 15 | Luke |
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Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. | The Parable of the Lost Sheep Lk.15.1-7 (Peraea) -[ Lk.15.1-7 → ] - Mt.18.12-14 |
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And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." | |
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So he told them this parable: | |
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"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? | |
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And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. | |
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And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbours, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' | |
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Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. | |
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"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? | The Parable of the Lost Coin Lk.15.8-10 (Peraea) - |
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And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' | |
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Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." | |
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And he said, "There was a man who had two sons; | The Parable of the Lost Son Lk.15.11-32 (Peraea) - |
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and the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' And he divided his living between them. | |
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Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living. | |
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And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. | |
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So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. | |
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And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything. | |
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But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger! | |
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I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; | |
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants." ' | |
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And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. | |
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And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' | |
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But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; | |
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and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry; | |
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for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry. | |
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"Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. | |
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And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant. | |
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And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.' | |
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But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, | |
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but he answered his father, 'Lo, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. | |
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But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!' | |
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And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. | |
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It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.' " | |
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