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1 Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.
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And publicans and sinful men were approaching to him [were nighing to him], to hear him.
2 This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them!
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And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled [grutched], saying, For this [man] receiveth sinful men, and eateth with them.
3 So Jesus told them this story:
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And he spake to them this parable, and said [saying],
4 “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?
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What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he hath lost one of them, whether he leaveth not ninety and nine in desert [and if he shall lose one of them, whether he leave not ninety and nine in desert], and goeth to it that perished, till he find it?
5 And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders.
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And when he hath found it, he joyeth, and layeth it on his shoulders; [And when he hath found it, he joying putteth on his shoulders;]
6 When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
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and he cometh home, and calleth together his friends and neighbours, and saith to them, Be ye glad with me, for I have found my sheep, that had perished. [+and he coming home calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, Glad ye with me, for I have found my sheep, which had perished/for I have found the sheep, that I had lost.]
7 In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!
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And I say to you, so joy shall be in heaven on one sinful man doing penance, more than on ninety and nine just, that have no need to penance [than of ninety and nine just, that have no need of penance].
8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and sweep the entire house and search carefully until she finds it?
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Or what woman having ten bezants, and if she hath lost one bezant, whether she tendeth not a lantern, and turneth upside-down the house [+Either what woman having ten drachmas, or bezants, and if she shall lose one drachma, whether she lighteth not a lantern, and turneth upside-down the house], and seeketh diligently, till [that] she find it?
9 And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost coin.’
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And when she hath found, she calleth together friends and neighbours, and saith, Be ye glad with me, for I have found the bezant that I had lost [saying, Glad ye with me, for I have found the drachma, which I had lost].
10 In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.”
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So I say to you, joy shall be before the angels of God on [upon] one sinful man doing penance.
11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.
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And he said, A man had two sons [Some man had two sons];
12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.
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and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of chattel, that falleth to me. And he parted to them the chattel. [+and the younger said to his father, Father, give me the portion of substance, or chattel, that falleth me. And he parted to them the substance.]
13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
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And not after many days, when all things were gathered together, the younger son went forth in pilgrimage into a far country; and there he wasted his goods in living lecherously [and there he wasted his substance, or goods, in living lecherously].
14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
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And after that he had ended all things, a strong hunger was made in that country, and he began to have need.
15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
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And he went, and drew him(self) to one of the citizens of that country [And he went, and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country]. And he sent him into his town, to feed swine.
16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
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And he coveted to fill his womb of the pods that the hogs ate, and no man gave to him.
17 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
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And he turned again to himself, and said, How many hired men in my father's house have plenty of loaves; and I perish here through hunger [forsooth I perish here in hunger].
18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
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I shall rise up, and go to my father, and I shall say to him, Father, I have sinned into heaven [Father, I have sinned against heaven], and before thee;
19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
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and now I am not worthy to be called thy son, make me as one of thine hired men.
20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
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And he rose up, and came to his father. And when he was yet afar, his father saw him, and was stirred by mercy. And he ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. ’
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And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned into heaven [Father, I have sinned against heaven], and before thee; and now I am not worthy to be called thy son.
22 “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.
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And the father said to his servants, Swiftly bring ye forth the first stole, and clothe ye him [and clothe him], and give ye a ring in his hand, and shoes on his feet;
23 And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
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and bring ye a fat calf, and slay ye, and eat we, and make we feast.
24 for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.
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For this my son was dead, and hath lived again; he perished, and is found. And all men began to eat [And all began for to eat gladly].
25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the fields working. When he returned home, he heard music and dancing in the house,
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But his elder son was in the field; and when he came, and approached to the house [and nighed to the house], he heard a symphony and a crowd.
26 and he asked one of the servants what was going on.
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And he called one of the servants, and asked, what these things were.
27 ‘Your brother is back,’ he was told, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf. We are celebrating because of his safe return.’
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And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father slew a fat calf [+and thy father hath slain a fat calf/and thy father slew a fatted calf], for he received him safe.
28 “The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him,
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And he was wroth, and would not come in. Therefore his father went out, and began to pray him.
29 but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends.
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And he answered to his father, and said, Lo! so many years I serve thee, and I never brake thy commandment; and thou never gave to me a kid, that I with my friends should have eaten. [+And he answering to his father, said, Lo! so many years I serve to thee, and I never passed over, or brake, thy commandment; and thou never hast given to me a kid, that I should eat largely with my friends.]
30 Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’
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But after that this thy son, that hath devoured his substance with whores, came, thou hast slain to him a fat calf. [+But after that this thy son, which devoured his substance with whores, came, thou hast slain to him a fatted calf.]
31 “His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours.
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And he said to him, Son, thou art evermore with me [Son, thou art ever with me], and all my things be thine.
32 We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”
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But it behooved to make feast, and to have joy; for this thy brother was dead, and lived again [and liveth again]; he perished, and is found.