Luke 15:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

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  • Luke 15:6-7 : 6 And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away. 7 I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

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    3And he made a story for them, saying,

    4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

    5And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

    6And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

    7I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

    8Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

  • Luke 15:10-11
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    10Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

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    12What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

    13And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

    14Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

  • Luke 15:22-27
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    22But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

    23And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

    24For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

    25Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

    26And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

    27And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.

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    30But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

    31And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.

    32But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

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    10For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

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    44The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

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    15And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

    16And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

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    45And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.

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    17But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

    18I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

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    13And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

    14And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

    15And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

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    20And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

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