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The Story of the Lost Sheep

15By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently.G1161G2258G1448G846G3956G5057G2532G268G191G846 2The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, "He takes in sinners and eats meals with them, treating them like old friends."G2532G5330G2532G1122G1234G3004G3754G3778G4327G268G2532G4906G846 3Their grumbling triggered this story.G1161G2036G5026G3850G4314G846G3004 4"Suppose one of you had a hundred sheep and lost one. Wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until you found it?G5101G444G1537G5216G2192G1540G4263G2532G622G1520G1537G846G2641G3756G2641G1768G1722G2048G2532G4198G1909G622G2193G2147G846 5When found, you can be sure you would put it across your shoulders, rejoicing,G2532G2147G2007G1909G1438G5606G5463 6and when you got home call in your friends and neighbors, saying, 'Celebrate with me! I've found my lost sheep!'G2532G2064G1519G3624G4779G5384G2532G1069G3004G846G4796G3427G3754G2147G3450G4263G3588G622 7Count on it—there's more joy in heaven over one sinner's rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue.G3004G5213G3754G3779G5479G2071G1722G3772G1909G1520G268G3340G2228G1909G1768G1342G3748G2192G5532G3756G3341

The Story of the Lost Coin

8"Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it?G2228G5101G1135G2192G1176G1406G1437G622G3391G1406G3780G681G3088G2532G4563G3614G2532G2212G1960G2193G3755G2147 9And when she finds it you can be sure she'll call her friends and neighbors: 'Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!'G2532G2147G4779G5384G2532G1069G4779G3004G4796G3427G3754G2147G1406G3739G622 10Count on it—that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God."G3779G3004G5213G1096G5479G1799G32G2316G1909G1520G268G3340

The Story of the Lost Son

11Then he said, "There was once a man who had two sons.G1161G2036G5100G444G2192G1417G5207 12The younger said to his father, 'Father, I want right now what's coming to me.' "So the father divided the property between them.G2532G3501G846G2036G3962G3962G1325G3427G3313G3776G1911G2532G1244G846G979 13It wasn't long before the younger son packed his bags and left for a distant country. There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had.G2532G3756G4183G2250G3326G3501G5207G4863G537G4863G589G1519G3117G5561G2532G1563G1287G846G3776G811G2198 14After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to hurt.G1161G846G1159G3956G1096G2478G3042G2596G1565G5561G2532G846G756G5302 15He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs.G2532G4198G2853G1520G4177G1565G5561G2532G3992G846G1519G846G68G1006G5519 16He was so hungry he would have eaten the corncobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any.G2532G1937G1072G846G2836G575G2769G3739G5519G2068G2532G3762G1325G846 17"That brought him to his senses. He said, 'All those farmhands working for my father sit down to three meals a day, and here I am starving to death.G1161G2064G1519G1438G2036G4214G3407G3450G3962G740G4052G1161G1473G622G3042 18I'm going back to my father. I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you;G450G4198G4314G3450G3962G2532G2046G846G3962G264G1519G3772G2532G1799G4675 19I don't deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.'G2532G1510G3765G514G2564G4675G5207G4160G3165G5613G1520G4675G3407 20He got right up and went home to his father. "When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him.G2532G450G2064G4314G1438G3962G1161G846G2089G3112G568G846G3962G1492G846G2532G4697G2532G5143G1968G1909G846G5137G2532G2705G846 21The son started his speech: 'Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son ever again.'G1161G5207G2036G846G3962G264G1519G3772G2532G1799G4675G1799G2532G1510G3765G514G2564G4675G5207 22"But the father wasn't listening. He was calling to the servants, 'Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.G1161G3962G2036G4314G846G1401G1627G4413G4749G2532G1746G846G2532G1325G1146G1519G846G5495G2532G5266G1519G4228 23Then get a grain-fed heifer and roast it. We're going to feast! We're going to have a wonderful time!G2532G5342G4618G3448G2380G2532G5315G2165 24My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!' And they began to have a wonderful time.G3754G3778G3450G5207G2258G3498G2532G326G2532G2258G622G2532G2147G2532G756G2165 25"All this time his older son was out in the field. When the day's work was done he came in. As he approached the house, he heard the music and dancing.G1161G846G4245G5207G2258G1722G68G2532G5613G2064G1448G3614G191G4858G2532G5525 26Calling over one of the houseboys, he asked what was going on.G2532G4341G1520G3816G4441G5101G5023G1498 27He told him, 'Your brother came home. Your father has ordered a feast—barbecued beef!—because he has him home safe and sound.'G1161G2036G846G3754G4675G80G2240G2532G4675G3962G2380G4618G3448G3754G618G846G5198 28"The older brother stalked off in an angry sulk and refused to join in. His father came out and tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't listen.G1161G3710G2532G2309G3756G1525G3767G1831G846G3962G1831G3870G846 29The son said, 'Look how many years I've stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends?G1161G611G2036G3962G2400G5118G2094G1398G4671G3763G3928G3763G4675G1785G2532G2532G1325G3763G1325G1698G2056G2443G2165G3326G3450G5384 30Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!'G1161G3753G3778G4675G5207G2064G3588G2719G4675G979G3326G4204G2380G846G4618G3448 31"His father said, 'Son, you don't understand. You're with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours—G1161G2036G846G5043G4771G1488G3842G3326G1700G2532G3956G1699G2076G4674 32but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he's alive! He was lost, and he's found!'"G1161G1163G2165G2532G5463G3754G3778G4675G80G2258G3498G2532G326G2532G2258G622G2532G2147


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