Luke 15:5-15

5 And when he has found it, ¹he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for ²I have found my sheep that was lost.'

7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ³repents than over ninety-nine ⁴righteous persons who need no repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins,^[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?

9 And 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.'

10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before ⁵the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

The Parable of the Prodigal Son

11 And he said, "There was a man who had two sons.

12 And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me ⁶the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided ⁷his property between them.

13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in ⁸reckless living.

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

15 So he went and hired himself out to^[b] one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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Cross References 8

1. [Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 60:4; Isaiah 66:12]
2. 1 Peter 2:25
3. ver. 10; See Luke 5:32
4. [Luke 5:32; Matthew 9:13]
5. See Luke 12:8
6. Deuteronomy 21:17
7. ver. 30; Mark 12:44
8. [Ephesians 5:18; Titus 1:6; 1 Peter 4:4]

Footnotes 2

[a]. Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day's wage for a laborer
[b]. Greek joined himself to

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