Luke 15:3
He told them this parable.
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- Luke 15:4-1815 verses85%
4"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
7I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
8Or what woman, if she had ten drachma{A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer.} coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
9When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'
10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
11He said, "A certain man had two sons.
12The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.
13Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
15He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
17But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!
18I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
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11For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
12"What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
13If he finds it, most assuredly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
14Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
- Luke 15:1-22 verses80%
1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
2The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
- Luke 15:23-275 verses76%
23Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
24for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
25"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
27He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'
- Luke 15:30-323 verses76%
30But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
31"He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"
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1He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
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15Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
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10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
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1Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
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11He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
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3He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
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6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
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1He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
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16But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
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9He began to tell the people this parable. "A {NU (in brackets) and TR add "certain"}man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
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16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
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9He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
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9Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
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10He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
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5Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
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6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
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12Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
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1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
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13He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
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25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,