Chapter 15
Luke
15:1 Then all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to him to hear him.
15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
15:3 And he spoke this parable to them, saying,
15:4 What man of you* having one hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he finds it?
15:5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
15:7 I say to you*, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons, who need no repentance.
15:8 Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loses one piece, does not light a candle, sweep the house, and diligently seeks till she finds it?
15:9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
15:10 Likewise, I say to you*, There is joy in the presence of the angels of Elohim over one sinner who repents.
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided his living to them.
15:13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, took his journey into a far country, and wasted his substance there with riotous living.
15:14 And when he had spent everything, there arose a severe famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16 And he would willingly have filled his belly with the husks that the swine ate; and no man gave to him.
15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread enough to spare, and I am perishing with hunger!
15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you,
15:19 And am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of your hired servants.
15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, had compassion, ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
15:21 And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, and am no more worthy to be called your son.
15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best garment, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
15:23 And bring the fatted calf here, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
15:24 For this son of mine was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
15:27 And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him in health.
15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in; therefore his father came out, and entreated him.
15:29 And he answering, said to his father, Behold, these many years I have served you, and I have never transgressed your commandment; and yet you never gave me a kid, so that I might make merry with my friends:
15:30 But as soon as this son of your had come, who has devoured your living with harlots, you have killed the fatted calf for him.
15:31 And he said to him, Son, you are always with me: and all that I have is your.
15:32 It was proper that we should make merry, and be glad: for this brother of your was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.