nkjv - 15

nkjv@Luke:15:1 @ Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.

nkjv@Luke:15:2 @ And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them."

nkjv@Luke:15:3 @ So He spoke this parable to them, saying:

nkjv@Luke:15:4 @ "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

nkjv@Luke:15:5 @ And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

nkjv@Luke: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!'

nkjv@Luke:15:7 @ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

nkjv@Luke:15:8 @ "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

nkjv@Luke:15:9 @ And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!'

nkjv@Luke:15:10 @ Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

nkjv@Luke:15:11 @ Then He said: "A certain man had two sons.

nkjv@Luke:15:12 @ And the younger of them said to his father, "Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood.

nkjv@Luke:15:13 @ And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.

nkjv@Luke:15:14 @ But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want.

nkjv@Luke:15:15 @ Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

nkjv@Luke:15:16 @ And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

nkjv@Luke:15:17 @ "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!

nkjv@Luke:15:18 @ I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,

nkjv@Luke:15:19 @ and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'

nkjv@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.

nkjv@Luke:15:21 @ 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.'

nkjv@Luke:15:22 @ "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.

nkjv@Luke:15:23 @ And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

nkjv@Luke:15:24 @ for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.

nkjv@Luke:15:25 @ "Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

nkjv@Luke:15:26 @ So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

nkjv@Luke:15:27 @ And he said to him, "Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'

nkjv@Luke:15:28 @ "But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him.

nkjv@Luke:15:29 @ So he answered and said to his father, "Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.

nkjv@Luke:15:30 @ But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.'

nkjv@Luke:15:31 @ "And he said to him, "Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

nkjv@Luke:15:32 @ It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found."'

Luke 15