15One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus,G1161G2258G1448G846G3956G5057G2532G268G191G8462the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law started grumbling, "This man welcomes outcasts and even eats with them!"G2532G5330G2532G1122G1234G3004G3754G3778G4327G268G2532G4906G8463So Jesus told them this parable:G1161G2036G5026G3850G4314G846G30044"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them - -what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it.G5101G444G1537G5216G2192G1540G4263G2532G622G1520G1537G846G2641G3756G2641G1768G1722G2048G2532G4198G1909G622G2193G2147G8465When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shouldersG2532G2147G2007G1909G1438G5606G54636and carry it back home. Then you call your friends and neighbors together and say to them, 'I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!'G2532G2064G1519G3624G4779G5384G2532G1069G3004G846G4796G3427G3754G2147G3450G4263G3588G6227In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.G3004G5213G3754G3779G5479G2071G1722G3772G1909G1520G268G3340G2228G1909G1768G1342G3748G2192G5532G3756G33418"Or suppose a woman who has ten silver coins loses one of them - -what does she do? She lights a lamp, sweeps her house, and looks carefully everywhere until she finds it.G2228G5101G1135G2192G1176G1406G1437G622G3391G1406G3780G681G3088G2532G4563G3614G2532G2212G1960G2193G3755G21479When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says to them, 'I am so happy I found the coin I lost. Let us celebrate!'G2532G2147G4779G5384G2532G1069G4779G3004G4796G3427G3754G2147G1406G3739G62210In the same way, I tell you, the angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents."G3779G3004G5213G1096G5479G1799G32G2316G1909G1520G268G334011Jesus went on to say, "There was once a man who had two sons.G1161G2036G5100G444G2192G1417G520712The younger one said to him, 'Father, give me my share of the property now.' So the man divided his property between his two sons.G2532G3501G846G2036G3962G3962G1325G3427G3313G3776G1911G2532G1244G846G97913After a few days the younger son sold his part of the property and left home with the money. He went to a country far away, where he wasted his money in reckless living.G2532G3756G4183G2250G3326G3501G5207G4863G537G4863G589G1519G3117G5561G2532G1563G1287G846G3776G811G219814He spent everything he had. Then a severe famine spread over that country, and he was left without a thing.G1161G846G1159G3956G1096G2478G3042G2596G1565G5561G2532G846G756G530215So he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him out to his farm to take care of the pigs.G2532G4198G2853G1520G4177G1565G5561G2532G3992G846G1519G846G68G1006G551916He wished he could fill himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything to eat.G2532G1937G1072G846G2836G575G2769G3739G5519G2068G2532G3762G1325G84617At last he came to his senses and said, 'All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!G1161G2064G1519G1438G2036G4214G3407G3450G3962G740G4052G1161G1473G622G304218I will get up and go to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against God and against you.G450G4198G4314G3450G3962G2532G2046G846G3962G264G1519G3772G2532G1799G467519I am no longer fit to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired workers." 'G2532G1510G3765G514G2564G4675G5207G4160G3165G5613G1520G4675G340720So he got up and started back to his father. "He was still a long way from home when his father saw him; his heart was filled with pity, and he ran, threw his arms around his son, and kissed him.G2532G450G2064G4314G1438G3962G1161G846G2089G3112G568G846G3962G1492G846G2532G4697G2532G5143G1968G1909G846G5137G2532G2705G84621'Father,' the son said, 'I have sinned against God and against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son.'G1161G5207G2036G846G3962G264G1519G3772G2532G1799G4675G1799G2532G1510G3765G514G2564G4675G520722But the father called to his servants. 'Hurry!' he said. 'Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.G1161G3962G2036G4314G846G1401G1627G4413G4749G2532G1746G846G2532G1325G1146G1519G846G5495G2532G5266G1519G422823Then go and get the prize calf and kill it, and let us celebrate with a feast!G2532G5342G4618G3448G2380G2532G5315G216524For this son of mine was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.' And so the feasting began.G3754G3778G3450G5207G2258G3498G2532G326G2532G2258G622G2532G2147G2532G756G216525"In the meantime the older son was out in the field. On his way back, when he came close to the house, he heard the music and dancing.G1161G846G4245G5207G2258G1722G68G2532G5613G2064G1448G3614G191G4858G2532G552526So he called one of the servants and asked him, 'What's going on?'G2532G4341G1520G3816G4441G5101G5023G149827'Your brother has come back home,' the servant answered, 'and your father has killed the prize calf, because he got him back safe and sound.'G1161G2036G846G3754G4675G80G2240G2532G4675G3962G2380G4618G3448G3754G618G846G519828The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in.G1161G3710G2532G2309G3756G1525G3767G1831G846G3962G1831G3870G84629But he spoke back to his father, 'Look, all these years I have worked for you like a slave, and I have never disobeyed your orders. What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends!G1161G611G2036G3962G2400G5118G2094G1398G4671G3763G3928G3763G4675G1785G2532G2532G1325G3763G1325G1698G2056G2443G2165G3326G3450G538430But this son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes, and when he comes back home, you kill the prize calf for him!'G1161G3753G3778G4675G5207G2064G3588G2719G4675G979G3326G4204G2380G846G4618G344831'My son,' the father answered, 'you are always here with me, and everything I have is yours.G1161G2036G846G5043G4771G1488G3842G3326G1700G2532G3956G1699G2076G467432But we had to celebrate and be happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.' "G1161G1163G2165G2532G5463G3754G3778G4675G80G2258G3498G2532G326G2532G2258G622G2532G2147
Dublin, OH
