Luke:15

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* Then all the tax gatherers and sinners drew near to hear him . * And the Pharisees and scribes murmured , saying , This man receives sinners , and eats with them . * And he spoke this parable to them , saying , * What man of you , having a hundred sheep , if he lose one of them , does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness , and go after the one that is lost , until he finds it ? * And when he has found it , he lays it on his shoulders , rejoicing . * And when he comes home , he calls together his friends and neighbours , saying to them , Rejoice with me ; for I have found my sheep which was lost . * I say to you , that likewise there shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents , than over ninety-nine righteous persons , who do not need to repent . * Or what woman , having ten pieces of silver , if she lose one piece , does not light a lamp , and sweep the house , and seek diligently until she finds it ? * And when she has found it , she calls her friends and her neighbours together , saying , Rejoice with me ; for I have found the coin which I had lost . * Likewise , I say to you , there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents . * And he said , A certain man had two sons : * And the younger of them said to his father , Father , give me my part of the estate . So he divided his property between them . * And not many days after the younger son gathered everything together , and took a journey into a far country , and there wasted his estate with riotous living . * And when he had spent everything , there arose a mighty famine in that land ; and he began to be in want . * And he went and hired himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine . * And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods the swine were eating : but no man gave him anything . * And when he came to himself , he said , How many of my father 's hired servants have bread enough to spare , and I perish with hunger ! * I will arise and go to my father , and will say to him , Father , I have sinned against heaven , and in your sight , * And am no longer worthy to be called your son : treat me as one of your hired servants . * And he arose , and went to his father . But when he was yet a great way off , his father saw him , and had compassion , and ran , and threw his arms around his neck , and kissed him . * 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 . * But the father said to his servants , Bring forth the best robe , and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand , and sandals on his feet : * And bring the fatted calf , and kill it ; and let us eat , and be merry : * For this son of mine was dead , and is alive again ; he was lost , and is found . And they began to be merry . * Now his elder son was in the field : and as he came and drew near to the house , he heard music and dancing . * And he called one of the servants , and asked what these things meant . * And he said to him , Your brother has come ; and your father has killed the fatted calf , because he has received him back safe and sound . * And he was angry , and would not go in : therefore his father came out , and pleaded with him . * And he answered his father , Lo , these many years I have served you and never disobeyed your commandment : and yet you never gave me a kid , that I might make merry with my friends : * But as soon as this son of yours comes home , who has devoured your estate with prostitutes , you kill for him the fatted calf . * And he said to him , Son , you are always with me , and all that I have is yours . * But we had to make merry , and be glad : for this brother of yours was dead , and is alive again ; and was lost , and is found .

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