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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
Parable of the Lost Sheep
Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.
Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.
and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them.
This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people — even eating with them!
What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?
and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders.
and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.
When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, [more] than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.
In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!
The Parable of the Lost Coin
Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?
Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?
and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.
And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost coin.’
Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.
In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.”
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
And he said, A certain man had two sons;
And he said, A certain man had two sons;
Parable of the Lost Son
To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.
and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.
The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.
And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
“A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.
“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.
But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
“But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.
and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.
And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
“Meanwhile, the older son was in the fields working. When he returned home, he heard music and dancing in the house,
And having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.
and he asked one of the servants what was going on.
And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.
‘Your brother is back,’ he was told, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf. We are celebrating because of his safe return.’
But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.
“The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him,
But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:
but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends.
but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’
But he said to him, Child, *thou* art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.
“His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours.