The Latin Vulgate VUL
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1 erant autem adpropinquantes ei publicani et peccatores ut audirent illum
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Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
2 et murmurabant Pharisaei et scribae dicentes quia hic peccatores recipit et manducat cum illis
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And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
3 et ait ad illos parabolam istam dicens
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So he told them this parable:
4 quis ex vobis homo qui habet centum oves et si perdiderit unam ex illis nonne dimittit nonaginta novem in deserto et vadit ad illam quae perierat donec inveniat illam
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"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it?
5 et cum invenerit eam inponit in umeros suos gaudens
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And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 et veniens domum convocat amicos et vicinos dicens illis congratulamini mihi quia inveni ovem meam quae perierat
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And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'
7 dico vobis quod ita gaudium erit in caelo super uno peccatore paenitentiam habente quam super nonaginta novem iustis qui non indigent paenitentia
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Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
8 aut quae mulier habens dragmas decem si perdiderit dragmam unam nonne accendit lucernam et everrit domum et quaerit diligenter donec inveniat
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"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
9 et cum invenerit convocat amicas et vicinas dicens congratulamini mihi quia inveni dragmam quam perdideram
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And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'
10 ita dico vobis gaudium erit coram angelis Dei super uno peccatore paenitentiam agente
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Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
11 ait autem homo quidam habuit duos filios
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And he said, "There was a man who had two sons;
12 et dixit adulescentior ex illis patri pater da mihi portionem substantiae quae me contingit et divisit illis substantiam
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and the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' And he divided his living between them.
13 et non post multos dies congregatis omnibus adulescentior filius peregre profectus est in regionem longinquam et ibi dissipavit substantiam suam vivendo luxuriose
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Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.
14 et postquam omnia consummasset facta est fames valida in regione illa et ipse coepit egere
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And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want.
15 et abiit et adhesit uni civium regionis illius et misit illum in villam suam ut pasceret porcos
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So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 et cupiebat implere ventrem suum de siliquis quas porci manducabant et nemo illi dabat
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And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything.
17 in se autem reversus dixit quanti mercennarii patris mei abundant panibus ego autem hic fame pereo
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But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!
18 surgam et ibo ad patrem meum et dicam illi pater peccavi in caelum et coram te
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I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
19 et iam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus fac me sicut unum de mercennariis tuis
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants."'
20 et surgens venit ad patrem suum cum autem adhuc longe esset vidit illum pater ipsius et misericordia motus est et adcurrens cecidit supra collum eius et osculatus est illum
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And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
21 dixitque ei filius pater peccavi in caelum et coram te iam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus
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And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
22 dixit autem pater ad servos suos cito proferte stolam primam et induite illum et date anulum in manum eius et calciamenta in pedes
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But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;
23 et adducite vitulum saginatum et occidite et manducemus et epulemur
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and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
24 quia hic filius meus mortuus erat et revixit perierat et inventus est et coeperunt epulari
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for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry.
25 erat autem filius eius senior in agro et cum veniret et adpropinquaret domui audivit symphoniam et chorum
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"Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 et vocavit unum de servis et interrogavit quae haec essent
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And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.
27 isque dixit illi frater tuus venit et occidit pater tuus vitulum saginatum quia salvum illum recepit
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And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.'
28 indignatus est autem et nolebat introire pater ergo illius egressus coepit rogare illum
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But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,
29 at ille respondens dixit patri suo ecce tot annis servio tibi et numquam mandatum tuum praeterii et numquam dedisti mihi hedum ut cum amicis meis epularer
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but he answered his father, 'Lo, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
30 sed postquam filius tuus hic qui devoravit substantiam suam cum meretricibus venit occidisti illi vitulum saginatum
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But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!'
31 at ipse dixit illi fili tu semper mecum es et omnia mea tua sunt
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And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32 epulari autem et gaudere oportebat quia frater tuus hic mortuus erat et revixit perierat et inventus est
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It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"
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