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Themes in Luke 15
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Themes in Luke 15

Luke 15:1

Then resorted unto him all the publicans and sinners, for to hear him.

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees, and scribes murmured, saying, "He received to his company sinners, and eateth with them."

Luke 15:3

Then put he forth this similitude to them, saying,

Luke 15:4

"What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find him?

Luke 15:5

And when he hath found him, he putteth him on his shoulders with joy:

Luke 15:6

And as soon as he cometh home he calleth together his lovers, and neighbours saying unto them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

Luke 15:7

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 15:8

Either, what woman having ten groats, if she lose one, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently, till she find it?

Luke 15:9

And when she hath found it she calleth her lovers, and her neighbours saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the groat which I had lost.'

Luke 15:10

Likewise I say unto you, Joy is made in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."

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 my part of the goods that to me belongeth. And he divided unto them his substance.

Luke 15:13

And not long after, the younger son gathered all that he had together, and took his journey into a far country, and there he wasted his goods with riotous living.

Luke 15:14

And when he had spent all that he had, there rose a great dearth throughout all that same land. And he began to lack.

Luke 15:15

And he went, and clave to a citizen of that same country, which sent him to his field, to keep his swine.

Luke 15:16

And he would fain have filled his belly with the cods, that the swine ate: and no man gave him.

Luke 15:17

Then he came to himself and said, 'How many hired servants at my father's have bread enough, and I die for hunger.

Luke 15:18

I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee,

Luke 15:19

and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.'

Luke 15:20

And he arose, and went to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran unto him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Luke 15:21

And the son said unto him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy henceforth to be called thy son.'

Luke 15:22

But his father said to his servants, 'Bring forth that best garment, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

Luke 15:23

And bring hither that fatted calf, and kill him, 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 now found.' And they began to be merry.

Luke 15:25

The elder brother was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard minstrelsy, and dancing,

Luke 15:26

and called one of his servants, and asked what those things meant.

Luke 15:27

And he said unto him, 'Thy brother is come, and thy father had killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.'

Luke 15:28

And he was angry, and would not go in. Then came his father out, and entreated him.

Luke 15:29

He answered, and said to his father, 'Lo these many years have I done thee service, neither brake at any time thy commandment, and yet gavest thou me never so much as a kid to make merry with my lovers:

Luke 15:30

but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy goods with harlots, thou hast for his pleasure killed the fatted calf.'

Luke 15:31

And he said unto him, 'Son, thou wast ever with me, and all that I have is thine:

Luke 15:32

it was mete that we should make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again: and was lost, and is found.'"
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