Luke 15:11
And he said, `A certain man had two sons,
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- Luke 15:12-3221 verses85%
12and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to `me', and he divided to them the living.
13`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
14and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
15and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,
16and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.
17`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
18having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,
19and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
20`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;
21and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.
22`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;
23and having brought the fatted calf, kill `it', and having eaten, we may be merry,
24because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
25`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,
26and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,
27and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.
28`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;
29and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;
30but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
31`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;
32but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
- Matt 21:28-314 verses81%
28`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'
29And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.
30`And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not;
31which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,
- Luke 15:3-75 verses81%
3And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
4`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?
5and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing,
6and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.
7`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
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10`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
- Luke 16:1-22 verses76%
1And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;
2and having called him, he said to him, What `is' this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.
- Matt 18:11-144 verses74%
11for the Son of Man did come to save the lost.
12`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not -- having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is gone astray?
13and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;
14so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.
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16and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,
- Matt 22:1-22 verses74%
1And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,
2`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,
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18`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --
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37`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;
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12And their father saith unto them, `Where `is' this -- the way he hath gone?' and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah.
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6`Having yet therefore one son -- his beloved -- he sent also him unto them last, saying -- They will reverence my son;
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25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,
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16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
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27`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,
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12He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,
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1And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;
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13And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'