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.

Cross References

• 1. 15:5 [Isa. 40:11; 49:22; 60:4; 66:12]
• 2. 15:6 1 Pet. 2:25
• 3. 15:7 ver. 10; See ch. 5:32
• 4. 15:7 [ch. 5:32; Matt. 9:13]
• 5. 15:10 See ch. 12:8
• 6. 15:12 Deut. 21:17
• 7. 15:12 ver. 30; Mark 12:44
• 8. 15:13 [Eph. 5:18; Titus 1:6; 1 Pet. 4:4]

Footnotes

• [a] 15:8 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] 15:15 Greek 'joined himself to'