Luke 15
15NOW THE tax collectors and [notorious and especially wicked] sinners were all coming near to [Jesus] to listen to Him.G1161G2258G1448G846G3956G5057G2532G268G191G8462And the Pharisees and the scribes kept muttering {and} indignantly complaining, saying, This man accepts {and} receives {and} welcomes [preeminently wicked] sinners and eats with them.G2532G5330G2532G1122G1234G3004G3754G3778G4327G268G2532G4906G8463So He told them this parable:G1161G2036G5026G3850G4314G846G30044What man of you, if he has a hundred sheep and should lose one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness (desert) and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?G5101G444G1537G5216G2192G1540G4263G2532G622G1520G1537G846G2641G3756G2641G1768G1722G2048G2532G4198G1909G622G2193G2147G8465And when he has found it, he lays it on his [own] shoulders, rejoicing.G2532G2147G2007G1909G1438G5606G54636And when he gets home, he summons together [his] friends and [his] neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep which was lost.G2532G2064G1519G3624G4779G5384G2532G1069G3004G846G4796G3427G3754G2147G3450G4263G3588G6227Thus, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind, abhorring his errors and misdeeds, and determines to enter upon a better course of life) than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance.G3004G5213G3754G3779G5479G2071G1722G3772G1909G1520G268G3340G2228G1909G1768G1342G3748G2192G5532G3756G33418Or what woman, having ten [silver] drachmas [each one equal to a day's wages], if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and look carefully {and} diligently until she finds it?G2228G5101G1135G2192G1176G1406G1437G622G3391G1406G3780G681G3088G2532G4563G3614G2532G2212G1960G2193G3755G21479And when she has found it, she summons her [women] friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the silver coin which I had lost.G2532G2147G4779G5384G2532G1069G4779G3004G4796G3427G3754G2147G1406G3739G62210Even so, I tell you, there is joy among {and} in the presence of the angels of God over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind for the better, heartily amending his ways, with abhorrence of his past sins).G3779G3004G5213G1096G5479G1799G32G2316G1909G1520G268G334011And He said, There was a certain man who had two sons;G1161G2036G5100G444G2192G1417G520712And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the part of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided the estate between them.G2532G3501G846G2036G3962G3962G1325G3427G3313G3776G1911G2532G1244G846G97913And not many days after that, the younger son gathered up all that he had and journeyed into a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless {and} loose [from restraint] living.G2532G3756G4183G2250G3326G3501G5207G4863G537G4863G589G1519G3117G5561G2532G1563G1287G846G3776G811G219814And when he had spent all he had, a mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind {and} be in want.G1161G846G1159G3956G1096G2478G3042G2596G1565G5561G2532G846G756G530215So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs.G2532G4198G2853G1520G4177G1565G5561G2532G3992G846G1519G846G68G1006G551916And he would gladly have fed on {and} {filled his belly with} the carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better].G2532G1937G1072G846G2836G575G2769G3739G5519G2068G2532G3762G1325G84617Then when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have enough food, and [even food] to spare, but I am perishing (dying) here of hunger!G1161G2064G1519G1438G2036G4214G3407G3450G3962G740G4052G1161G1473G622G304218I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.G450G4198G4314G3450G3962G2532G2046G846G3962G264G1519G3772G2532G1799G467519I am no longer worthy to be called your son; [just] make me like one of your hired servants.G2532G1510G3765G514G2564G4675G5207G4160G3165G5613G1520G4675G340720So he got up and came to his [own] father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity {and} tenderness [for him]; and he ran and embraced him and kissed him [fervently].G2532G450G2064G4314G1438G3962G1161G846G2089G3112G568G846G3962G1492G846G2532G4697G2532G5143G1968G1909G846G5137G2532G2705G84621And 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 [I no longer deserve to be recognized as a son of yours]!G1161G5207G2036G846G3962G264G1519G3772G2532G1799G4675G1799G2532G1510G3765G514G2564G4675G520722But the father said to his bond servants, Bring quickly the best robe (the festive robe of honor) and put it on him; and give him a ring for his hand and sandals for his feet.G1161G3962G2036G4314G846G1401G1627G4413G4749G2532G1746G846G2532G1325G1146G1519G846G5495G2532G5266G1519G422823And bring out that [wheat-]fattened calf and kill it; and let us revel {and} feast {and} be happy {and} make merry,G2532G5342G4618G3448G2380G2532G5315G216524Because this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! And they began to revel {and} feast {and} make merry.G3754G3778G3450G5207G2258G3498G2532G326G2532G2258G622G2532G2147G2532G756G216525But his older son was in the field; and as he returned and came near the house, he heard music and dancing.G1161G846G4245G5207G2258G1722G68G2532G5613G2064G1448G3614G191G4858G2532G552526And having called one of the servant [boys] to him, he began to ask what this meant.G2532G4341G1520G3816G4441G5101G5023G149827And he said to him, Your brother has come, and your father has killed that [wheat-]fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and well.G1161G2036G846G3754G4675G80G2240G2532G4675G3962G2380G4618G3448G3754G618G846G519828But [the elder brother] was angry [with deep-seated wrath] and resolved not to go in. Then his father came out and began to plead with him,G1161G3710G2532G2309G3756G1525G3767G1831G846G3962G1831G3870G84629But he answered his father, Look! These many years I have served you, and I have never disobeyed your command. Yet you never gave me [so much as] a [little] kid, that I might revel {and} feast {and} be happy {and} make merry with my friends;G1161G611G2036G3962G2400G5118G2094G1398G4671G3763G3928G3763G4675G1785G2532G2532G1325G3763G1325G1698G2056G2443G2165G3326G3450G538430But when this son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you have killed for him that [wheat-] fattened calf!G1161G3753G3778G4675G5207G2064G3588G2719G4675G979G3326G4204G2380G846G4618G344831And the father said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.G1161G2036G846G5043G4771G1488G3842G3326G1700G2532G3956G1699G2076G467432But it was fitting to make merry, to revel {and} feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!G1161G1163G2165G2532G5463G3754G3778G4675G80G2258G3498G2532G326G2532G2258G622G2532G2147
Columbus, OH
