Luke 15:3
And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
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- Luke 15:4-1815 verses85%
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.
8`Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?
9and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.
10`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
11And he said, `A certain man had two sons,
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,
- Matt 18:11-144 verses81%
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.
- Luke 15:1-22 verses80%
1And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,
2and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
- Luke 15:23-275 verses76%
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.
- Luke 15:30-323 verses76%
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.'
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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;
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15And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.'
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10for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
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1And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,
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11And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?
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3and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
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6This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;
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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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16and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,
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9And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,
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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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9And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:
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9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'
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10And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:
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5`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?
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6and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,
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12Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'
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1Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,
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13And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?
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25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,