Luke 15
1 Now all the tax-gatherers and sinners continued to draw near him, and to listen to him.
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,
2 And the Pharisees and Scribes began to complain, saying, "He is welcoming sinners and eating with them!"
and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying — This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
3 And he told them a parable.
And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
4 "Which one of you men, if he has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?
'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?
5 "And after he has found it, he lays it on his shoulder, rejoicing.
and having found, he doth lay [it] on his shoulders rejoicing,
6 "When he gets home he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’
and 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 even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.
'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, again, suppose a woman has ten coins. If she loses one, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and search anxiously until she finds it?
'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?
9 "And when she has found it, she calls together her woman friends and neighbors and say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.’
and 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 "Even so I tell you there is joy in the presence of the angels for God over one sinner who repents."
'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
11 And he said. "There was a man who had two sons.
And he said, 'A certain man had two sons,
12 "The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of your property which is coming to me.’ So he divided his means among them.
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.
13 "Not many days after that the younger son gathered everything together and took his journey into a distant country; and there he wasted his money on living unsavingly.
'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;
14 "After he had spent everything there came a terrible famine in the land, and he began to be in want.
and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
15 "So he went and hired to one of the citizens of that land, who sent him out into the fields to feed swine.
and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,
16 "And he was longing to be filled with the husks which the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.
17 "When he came to himself he said. "‘How many of my father’s hired men have bread enough and to spare, while I am perishing of hunger!
'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!
18 "‘I will rise and go to my father, and say to him. "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in your sight,
having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin — to the heaven, and before thee,
19 "‘"I am no more worthy to be called your son; only make me like one of your hired men."‘
and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
20 "So he arose and went to his father; but while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
'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;
21 "The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight and am no more worthy to be called your son.’
and 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 "‘Fetch the best robe, quick,’ said the father to his slaves, ‘and put it on him, and give him a ring on his finger, and shoes on his feet.
'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;
23 "‘Bring that fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry,
and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry,
24 "‘for this son of mine was dead and is alive again - he was lost and is found.’
because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
25 "So they began to make merry. But his elder son was in the field, and as he drew near to the house he heard music and dancing,
'And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,
26 "and he summoned one of the slaves, and began to inquire of him what all this meant.
and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,
27 "‘Your brother is come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has him safe and sound.’
and 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 "But he was angry and would not go in; so his father came out, and attempted to plead with him; but he said to his father.
'And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;
29 "‘All these years I have been slaving for you and never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you never gave me even a kid so that I might make merry with my friends.
and 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;
30 "‘But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with harlots, you have killed him the fatted calf.’
but when thy son — this one who did devour thy living with harlots — came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
31 "‘My dear son,’ answered his father, ‘you are always with me and all that is mine is yours.
'And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;
32 "‘But it was fitting that we should make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive; he was lost and is found.’"
but 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.'
