Luke 15:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And assoone as he commeth home, he calleth together his louers and neyghbours, saying vnto them: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost.

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  • Luke 2:13-14 : 13 And straightway, there was with the Angel, a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praysyng God, and saying. 14 Glorie to God on hye, and peace on the earth, and vnto men a good wyll.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Which when he came, and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they woulde cleaue vnto the Lorde.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and though I be offered vp vpo the offeryng and seruice of your fayth, I reioyce, and reioyce with you all.
  • 1 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 Therefore brethren we were comforted ouer you, in all our aduersitie and necessitie, because of your fayth. 8 For nowe we lyue, yf ye stande fast in the Lorde. 9 For what thankes can we recompence to God agayne for you, for all the ioye wherwith we ioy for your sakes before our God?
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For ye were as sheepe goyng astray: but are nowe turned vnto the sheephearde and Byshop of your soules.
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or ioy, or crowne of reioycyng? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe, at his commyng?
  • Acts 15:3 : 3 And after they were brought on their way by ye Churche, they passed through Phenices and Samaria, declaryng the conuersation of the gentiles, and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethen.
  • Phil 1:4 : 4 ( Alwayes in all my prayer for all you, makyng prayer with gladnesse,)
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe: oh seke out thy seruaunt, for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes.
  • Isa 66:10-11 : 10 Reioyce with Hierusalem, and be glad with her all ye that loue her, be ioyfull with her all ye that mourne for her. 11 For ye shall sucke comfort out of her breastes, and be satisfied: Ye shall taste, and haue delyte in the bryghtnesse of her glorie.
  • Luke 15:7 : 7 I say vnto you, that lykewyse ioy shalbe in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons, which neede no repentaunce.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.
  • Luke 15:24 : 24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.
  • John 3:29 : 29 He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled.
  • John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my frendes, yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you.
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are nowe the people of God: which sometime had not obteyned mercy, but nowe haue obteyned mercy.

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    2And the pharisees & scribes murmured, saying: he receaueth sinners, and eateth with them.

    3But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:

    4What man of you, hauyng an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse, and go after that which is lost, vntyll he fynde it?

    5And when he hath founde it, he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy:

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    7I say vnto you, that lykewyse ioy shalbe in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons, which neede no repentaunce.

    8Either what woman, hauyng tenne peeces of siluer, yf she loose one, doth not lyght a candle, and swepe the house, and seke diligently tyll she fynde it?

    9And when she hath founde it, she calleth her louers & her neyghbours together, saying: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde the peece which I had lost.

    10Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.

    11And he sayde. A certayne man had two sonnes:

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    11For the sonne of man, is come to saue that which was lost.

    12Howe thynke ye? If a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leaue ninetie & nine, and goeth into the mountaynes, and seketh that which went astray?

    13And yf it so be that he fynde it, veryly I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine, which went not astray.

    14Euen so, it is not the wyll of your father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe.

  • Luke 15:13-27
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    13And not long after, when the younger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his goodes with riotous lyuyng.

    14And when he had spent all, there arose a great dearth in all that lande, and he began to lacke.

    15And he ioyned hym selfe to a citizen of that countrey: and he sent hym to his farme, to feede swyne.

    16And he woulde fayne haue fylled his belly with the coddes that the swyne dyd eate: and no man gaue vnto hym.

    17Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?

    18I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee,

    19And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.

    20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way of, his father sawe him, & had compassion, and ranne, and fell on his necke, and kissed hym.

    21And the sonne sayde vnto him: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and in thy syght, and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.

    22But the father saide to his seruauntes: bryng foorth the best garment, and put it on hym, and put a ryng on his hande, and shoes on his feete:

    23And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:

    24For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.

    25The elder brother was in the fielde: and when he came and drewe nye to the house, he hearde minstrelsie & daunsing,

    26And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.

    27And he sayde vnto hym: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fat calfe, because he hath receaued hym safe and sounde.

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    30But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe.

    31And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne,

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