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15 : 1 Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him.
15 : 2 Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
15 : 3 So He told them this parable, saying,
15 : 4 What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
15 : 5 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 his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!`
15 : 7 I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
15 : 8 Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
15 : 9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!`
15 : 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
15 : 11 And He said, "A man had two sons.
15 : 12 The younger of them said to his father, `Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me ` So he divided his wealth between them.
15 : 13 And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.
15 : 14 Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
15 : 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15 : 16 And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.
15 : 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, `How many of my father`s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!
15 : 18 `I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;
15 : 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men."`
15 : 20 So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
15 : 21 And the son said to him, `Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.`
15 : 22 But the father said to his slaves, `Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
15 : 23 and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;
15 : 24 for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.` And they began to celebrate.
15 : 25 Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
15 : 26 And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be.
15 : 27 And he said to him, `Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.`
15 : 28 But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.
15 : 29 But he answered and said to his father, `Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;
15 : 30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.`
15 : 31 And he said to him, `Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.
15 : 32 `But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.`"