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Themes in Luke 15
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Themes in Luke 15

Luke 15:1

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."

Luke 15:3

So he told them this parable:

Luke 15:4

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

Luke 15:5

And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Luke 15:6

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

Luke 15:7

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 15:8

"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

Luke 15:9

And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'

Luke 15:10

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Luke 15:11

Then he said: "There was a man who had two sons.

Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' So he divided his living between them.

Luke 15:13

Not many days after, the younger son gathered together all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.

Luke 15:14

And when he had spent everything, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in want.

Luke 15:15

So he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Luke 15:16

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

Luke 15:17

But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and here I perish with hunger!

Luke 15:18

I will arise and go to my father and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

Luke 15:19

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants."'

Luke 15:20

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion for him, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

Luke 15:21

And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

Luke 15:23

And bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

Luke 15:24

for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.

Luke 15:25

"Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 15:26

So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

Luke 15:27

And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.'

Luke 15:28

But he was angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have been serving you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!'

Luke 15:31

And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

Luke 15:32

It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.'"
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