Luke:15

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ylt @Luke:15:1 @And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him , to hear him , ylt @Luke:15:2 @and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring , saying -- This one doth receive sinners , and doth eat with them .' ylt @Luke:15:3 @And he spake unto them this simile , saying , ylt @Luke:15:4 @'What man of you having a hundred sheep , and having lost one out of them , doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness , and go on after the lost one , till he may find it ? ylt @Luke:15:5 @and having found , he doth lay [it ] on his shoulders rejoicing , ylt @Luke:15:6 @and having come to the house , he doth call together the friends and the neighbours , saying to them , Rejoice with me , because I found my sheep -- the lost one . ylt @Luke:15:7 @'I say to you , that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming , rather than over ninety-nine righteous men , who have no need of reformation . ylt @Luke:15:8 @'Or what woman having ten drachms , if she may lose one drachm , doth not light a lamp , and sweep the house , and seek carefully till that she may find ? ylt @Luke:15:9 @and having found , she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours , saying , Rejoice with me , for I found the drachm that I lost . ylt @Luke:15:10 @'So I say to you , joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming .' ylt @Luke:15:11 @And he said , 'A certain man had two sons , ylt @Luke:15:12 @and the younger of them said to the father , Father , give me the portion of the substance falling to [me ], and he divided to them the living . ylt @Luke:15:13 @'And not many days after , having gathered all together , the younger son went abroad to a far country , and there he scattered his substance , living riotously ; ylt @Luke:15:14 @and he having spent all , there came a mighty famine on that country , and himself began to be in want ; ylt @Luke:15:15 @and having gone on , he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country , and he sent him to the fields to feed swine , ylt @Luke:15:16 @and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating , and no one was giving to him . ylt @Luke:15:17 @'And having come to himself , he said , How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread , and I here with hunger am perishing ! ylt @Luke:15:18 @having risen , I will go on unto my father , and will say to him , Father , I did sin -- to the heaven , and before thee , ylt @Luke:15:19 @and no more am I worthy to be called thy son ; make me as one of thy hirelings . ylt @Luke:15:20 @'And having risen , he went unto his own father , and he being yet far distant , his father saw him , and was moved with compassion , and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him ; ylt @Luke:15:21 @and the son said to him , Father , I did sin -- to the heaven , and before thee , and no more am I worthy to be called thy son . ylt @Luke:15:22 @'And the father said unto his servants , Bring forth the first robe , and clothe him , and give a ring for his hand , and sandals for the feet ; ylt @Luke:15:23 @and having brought the fatted calf , kill [it ], and having eaten , we may be merry , ylt @Luke:15:24 @because this my son was dead , and did live again , and he was lost , and was found ; and they began to be merry . ylt @Luke:15:25 @'And his elder son was in a field , and as , coming , he drew nigh to the house , he heard music and dancing , ylt @Luke:15:26 @and having called near one of the young men , he was inquiring what these things might be , ylt @Luke:15:27 @and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived , and thy father did kill the fatted calf , because in health he did receive him back . ylt @Luke:15:28 @'And he was angry , and would not go in , therefore his father , having come forth , was entreating him ; ylt @Luke:15:29 @and he answering said to the father , Lo , so many years I do serve thee , and never thy command did I transgress , and to me thou didst never give a kid , that with my friends I might make merry ; ylt @Luke:15:30 @but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came , thou didst kill to him the fatted calf . ylt @Luke:15:31 @'And he said to him , Child , thou art always with me , and all my things are thine ; ylt @Luke:15:32 @but to be merry , and to be glad , it was needful , because this thy brother was dead , and did live again , he was lost , and was found .'

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