Luke 15:3
So Jesus told them this parable:
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- Luke 15:4-1815 verses85%
4“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?
5Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
7I tell you, 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 to repent.
8“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?
9Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying,‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’
10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.
12The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.
13After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
14Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
15So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
16He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
18I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
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12What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?
13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
- Luke 15:1-22 verses80%
1The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
2But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
- Luke 15:23-275 verses76%
23Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
24because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
25“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
26So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.
27The slave replied,‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’
- Luke 15:30-323 verses76%
30But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
31Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.
32It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
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1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
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15But Peter said to him,“Explain this parable to us.”
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10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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1The Parable of the Wedding Banquet Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
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11He said to them,“Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?
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3He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.
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6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
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1The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to speak to them in parables:“A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
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16But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.
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9The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
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16He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
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9The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
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9Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
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10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.
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5So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’
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6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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34The Purpose of Parables Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.
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12Then the disciples came to him and said,“Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”
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1Breaking Human Traditions Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,
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13He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?
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25Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,