Luke 15
1 And all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to Him, to hear Him,
Then all the tax collectors and ‘sinners’ were getting close to Him to hear Him.
2 and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying, “This One receives sinners, and eats with them.”
Well the Pharisees and the scribes started complaining, saying, “This man welcomes ‘sinners’ and eats with them.”
3 And He spoke to them this allegory, saying,
So He told them this parable, saying:
4 “What man of you having one hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, until he may find it?
“What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not abandon the ninety-nine in the wild and go after the lost one until he finds it?
5 And having found, he lays [it] on his shoulders rejoicing,
And upon finding it he joyfully puts it on his shoulders.
6 and having come into the house, he calls together the friends and the neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep—the lost one.
And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost!’
7 I say to you that [more] joy will be in Heaven over one sinner converting, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of conversion.
I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.
8 Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she may lose one drachma, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully until she may find?
“Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
9 And having found, she calls together the female friends and the neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachma that I lost.
And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I lost!’
10 So I say to you, joy comes before the messengers of God over one sinner converting.”
Just so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
11 And He said, “A certain man had two sons,
Then He said: “A certain man had two sons.
12 and 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.
And the younger one said to the father, ‘Father, give me the appropriate share of the estate.’ So he divided the property between them.
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;
Not many days later the younger son, having converted it all, journeyed to a distant country; and there he squandered his wealth living dissolutely.
14 and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
But when he had spent it all, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
15 and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into the fields to feed pigs,
Then he went and attached himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving to him.
He would gladly have filled his stomach with the carob pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17 And having come to himself, he said, How many hired workers of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I am perishing here with hunger!
But when he came to himself he said: ‘How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, while I am dying of hunger!
18 Having risen, I will go on to my father, and will say to him, Father, I sinned—to Heaven, and before you,
I will get up and go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,
19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired workers.
and I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired servants.’
20 And having risen, he went to his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell on his neck and kissed him;
“So he got up and went to his own father. But while he was still a good ways off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion—he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him!
21 and the son said to him, Father, I sinned—to Heaven, and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 And the father said to his servants, Bring forth the foremost robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;
But the father said to his slaves: ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
23 and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry,
And bring in and kill the fatted calf, and let us eat and celebrate;
24 because this son of mine was dead, and lived again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
because this son of mine was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
25 And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing,
“Now his older son was in the field; and as he came approaching the house he heard music and dancing.
26 and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,
So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
27 and he said to him, Your brother has arrived, and your father killed the fatted calf, because he received him back in health.
He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’
28 And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was pleading him;
So he became angry and refused to go in. Then his father came out and began to plead with him.
29 and he answering said to the father, Behold, so many years I serve you, and never did I transgress your command, and you never gave to me a kid that I might make merry with my friends;
But in answer he said to the father: ‘Just look at how many years I have been serving you without ever transgressing your commandment; yet you never gave me even a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends.
30 but when your son—this one who devoured your living with prostitutes—came, you killed to him the fatted calf.
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’
31 And he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all my things are yours;
So he said to him: ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
32 but to be merry, and to be glad, it was necessary, because this your brother was dead, and lived again, he was lost, and was found.”
But it was right that we celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found.’”
