The Parable of the Lost Sheep
1All15:1–7 Mt 18:12–14 the tax collectors15:1 Mt 11:19; Lk 5:29 and sinners were approaching to listen to him.
4“What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them,15:4 Ps 119:176; Jr 50:6; Zch 11:16; Mt 10:6; 15:24 does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field15:4 Or the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?
5When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,
6and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’
The Parable of the Lost Coin
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“Or what woman who has ten silver coins,
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Gk ten drachmas
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A Gk drachma was equivalent to a Roman denarius = one day’s wage
if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
9When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’
The Parable of the Lost Son
11He also said, “A man had two sons.
12The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets15:12 Or life, or livelihood, also in v. 30 to them.
13Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered15:13 Lk 16:1 his estate in foolish living.15:13 Rm 6:2; 8:12; Gl 2:14; Col 3:7
14After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.15:14 Lit and he began to be in need
15Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.15:15 Lv 11:7; Dt 14:8
16He longed to eat his fill from15:16 Other mss read to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.
17When he came to his senses,15:17 Lit to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!15:17 Or dying in the famine; v. 14
18I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned15:18 Ex 10:16 against heaven15:18 Mt 21:25; Jn 3:27 and in your sight.
19I’m no longer worthy15:19 Lk 7:6–7 to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired workers.”’
20So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion.15:20 Mt 9:36; Mk 1:41; Lk 7:13; 10:33 He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed15:20 Gn 29:13; 33:4; 45:15; 2Sm 14:33 him.
21The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.’
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“Now his older son was in the field; as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
26So he summoned one of the servants, questioning what these things meant.
27‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’15:27 Lit him back healthy
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