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Themes in Luke 15
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Themes in Luke 15

Luke 15:1

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

Luke 15:2

And both the Pharisees and the scribes were complaining, saying, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!"

Luke 15:3

So he told them this parable, saying,

Luke 15:4

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the grassland and go after the one that was lost until he finds it?

Luke 15:5

And [when he] has found [it], he places [it] on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Luke 15:6

And [when he] returns to [his] home, he calls together [his] friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that 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 people who have no need of repentance.

Luke 15:8

Or what woman who has ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, 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, because I have found the drachma that 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

And he said, "A certain man had two sons.

Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to [his] father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that is coming to [me].' So he divided [his] assets between them.

Luke 15:13

And after not many days, the younger son gathered everything [and] went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth [by] living wastefully.

Luke 15:14

And [after] he had spent everything, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

Luke 15:15

And he went [and] hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

Luke 15:16

And he was longing to fill his stomach with the carob pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving [anything] to him.

Luke 15:17

"But [when he] came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance {of food}, and I am dying here from hunger!

Luke 15:18

I will set out [and] go to my father and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}!

Luke 15:19

I am no longer worthy to be called your son! Make me like one of your hired workers.'

Luke 15:20

And he set out [and] came to his own father. But [while] he was still a long way away, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran {and embraced him} and kissed him.

Luke 15:21

And [his] son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}! I am no longer worthy to be called your son!'

Luke 15:22

But [his] father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put [it] on him, and put a ring on his finger and sandals on [his] feet!

Luke 15:23

And bring the fattened calf--kill [it] and let us eat [and] celebrate,

Luke 15:24

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:25

"Now his older son was in the field, and when he came [and] approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Luke 15:26

And he summoned one of the slaves [and] asked what these [things] meant.

Luke 15:27

And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has gotten him back healthy.'

Luke 15:28

But he became angry and did not want to go in. So his father came out [and] began to implore him.

Luke 15:29

But he answered [and] said to his father, 'Behold, so many years I have served you, and have never disobeyed your command! And you never gave me a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours returned--who has consumed your assets with prostitutes--you killed the fattened calf for him!'

Luke 15:31

But he said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and {everything I have belongs to you}.

Luke 15:32

But it was necessary to celebrate and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead, and is alive, and was lost, and is found!'"
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