Luke Chapter 15
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
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If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall
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your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
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And he was casting out a demon
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that was dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.
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But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.
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And others, trying
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him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
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But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house
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divided against a house falleth.
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And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
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And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
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But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
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When the strong
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man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:
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but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
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He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
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The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.
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And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
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Then goeth he, and taketh
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to him seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.
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And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.
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But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
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For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
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The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
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The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
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No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.
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The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
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Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
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If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.
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Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
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and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them.
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And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
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What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
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and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
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and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.
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I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, [more] than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.
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Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?
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and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.
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Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels ofGod for one repenting sinner.
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And he said, A certain man had two sons;
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and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.
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And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
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But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
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And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
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And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
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And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.
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I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
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I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
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And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
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And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.
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But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
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and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
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for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
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And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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And having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.
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And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.
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But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.
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But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:
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but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
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But he said to him, Child, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.
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But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Erant autem appropinquantes ei publicani, et peccatores ut audirent illum.
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Et murmurabant Pharisæi, et Scribæ, dicentes: Quia hic peccatores recipit, et manducat cum illis.
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Et ait ad illos parabolam istam, dicens:
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Quis ex vobis homo, qui habet centum oves: et si perdiderit unam ex illis, nonne dimittit nonagintanovem in deserto, et vadit ad illam, quæ perierat, donec inveniat eam?
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Et cum invenerit eam, imponit in humeros suos gaudens:
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et veniens domum convocat amicos, et vicinos, dicens illis: Congratulamini mihi quia inveni ovem meam, quæ perierat.
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Dico vobis quod ita gaudium erit in cælo super uno peccatore pœnitentiam agente, quam super nonagintanovem iustis, qui non indigent pœnitentia.
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Aut quæ mulier habens drachmas decem, si perdiderit drachmam unam, nonne accendit lucernam, et everrit domum, et quærit diligenter, donec inveniat?
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Et cum invenerit, convocat amicas, et vicinas, dicens: Congratulamini mihi, quia inveni drachmam, quam perdideram?
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Ita dico vobis, gaudium erit coram angelis Dei super uno peccatore pœnitentiam agente.
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Ait autem: Homo quidam habuit duos filios:
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et dixit adolescentior ex illis patri: Pater, da mihi portionem substantiæ, quæ me contingit. Et divisit illis substantiam.
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Et non post multos dies, congregatis omnibus, adolescentior filius peregre profectus est in regionem longinquam, et ibi dissipavit substantiam suam vivendo luxuriose.
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Et postquam omnia consummasset, facta est fames valida in regione illa, et ipse cœpit egere.
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Et abiit, et adhæsit uni civium regionis illius. Et misit illum in villam suam ut pasceret porcos.
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Et cupiebat implere ventrem suum de siliquis, quas porci manducabant: et nemo illi dabat.
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In se autem reversus, dixit: Quanti mercenarii in domo patris mei abundant panibus, ego autem hic fame pereo!
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Surgam, et ibo ad patrem meum, et dicam ei: Pater, peccavi in cælum, et coram te:
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iam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus: fac me sicut unum de mercenariis tuis.
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Et surgens venit ad patrem suum. Cum autem adhuc longe esset, vidit illum pater ipsius, et misericordia motus est, et accurrens cecidit super collum eius, et osculatus est eum.
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Dixitque ei filius: Pater, peccavi in cælum, et coram te, iam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus.
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Dixit autem pater ad servos suos: Cito proferte stolam primam, et induite illum, et date annulum in manum eius, et calceamenta in pedes eius:
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et adducite vitulum saginatum, et occidite, et manducemus, et epulemur:
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quia hic filius meus mortuus erat, et revixit: perierat, et inventus est. Et cœperunt epulari.
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Erat autem filius eius senior in agro: et cum veniret, et appropinquaret domui, audivit symphoniam, et chorum:
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et vocavit unum de servis, et interrogavit quid hæc essent.
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Isque dixit illi: Frater tuus venit, et occidit pater tuus vitulum saginatum, quia salvum illum recepit.
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Indignatus est autem, et nolebat introire. Pater ergo illius egressus, cœpit rogare illum.
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At ille respondens, dixit patri suo: Ecce tot annis servio tibi, et numquam mandatum tuum præterivi: et numquam dedisti mihi hœdum ut cum amicis meis epularer:
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sed postquam filius tuus hic, qui devoravit substantiam suam cum meretricibus, venit, occidisti illi vitulum saginatum.
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At ipse dixit illi: Fili, tu semper mecum es, et omnia mea tua sunt:
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epulari autem, et gaudere oportebat, quia frater tuus hic, mortuus erat, et revixit: perierat, et inventus est.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
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The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
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He told them this parable:
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“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
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When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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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!’
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I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
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“Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
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When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’
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Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
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He said, “A certain man had two sons.
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The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood between them.
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Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
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When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
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He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
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He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
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But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
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I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
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I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’
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“He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.
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The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
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“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
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Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate;
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for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
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“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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He called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on.
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He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’
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But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and begged him.
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But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
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But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
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“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
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But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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ησαν δε αυτω εγγιζοντες παντες οι τελωναι και οι αμαρτωλοι ακουειν αυτου
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και διεγογγυζον οι τε φαρισαιοι και οι γραμματεις λεγοντες οτι ουτος αμαρτωλους προσδεχεται και συνεσθιει αυτοις
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ειπεν δε προς αυτους την παραβολην ταυτην λεγων
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τις ανθρωπος εξ υμων εχων εκατον προβατα και απολεσας εξ αυτων εν ου καταλειπει τα ενενηκοντα εννεα εν τη ερημω και πορευεται επι το απολωλος εως ευρη αυτο
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και ευρων επιτιθησιν επι τους ωμους αυτου χαιρων
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και ελθων εις τον οικον συγκαλει τους φιλους και τους γειτονας λεγων αυτοις συγχαρητε μοι οτι ευρον το προβατον μου το απολωλος
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λεγω υμιν οτι ουτως χαρα εν τω ουρανω εσται επι ενι αμαρτωλω μετανοουντι η επι ενενηκοντα εννεα δικαιοις οιτινες ου χρειαν εχουσιν μετανοιας
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η τις γυνη δραχμας εχουσα δεκα εαν απολεση δραχμην μιαν ουχι απτει λυχνον και σαροι την οικιαν και ζητει επιμελως εως ου ευρη
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και ευρουσα συγκαλει τας φιλας και γειτονας λεγουσα συγχαρητε μοι οτι ευρον την δραχμην ην απωλεσα
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ουτως λεγω υμιν γινεται χαρα ενωπιον των αγγελων του θεου επι ενι αμαρτωλω μετανοουντι
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ειπεν δε ανθρωπος τις ειχεν δυο υιους
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και ειπεν ο νεωτερος αυτων τω πατρι πατερ δος μοι το επιβαλλον μερος της ουσιας ο δε διειλεν αυτοις τον βιον
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και μετ ου πολλας ημερας συναγαγων παντα ο νεωτερος υιος απεδημησεν εις χωραν μακραν και εκει διεσκορπισεν την ουσιαν αυτου ζων ασωτως
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δαπανησαντος δε αυτου παντα εγενετο λιμος ισχυρα κατα την χωραν εκεινην και αυτος ηρξατο υστερεισθαι
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και πορευθεις εκολληθη ενι των πολιτων της χωρας εκεινης και επεμψεν αυτον εις τους αγρους αυτου βοσκειν χοιρους
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και επεθυμει χορτασθηναι εκ των κερατιων ων ησθιον οι χοιροι και ουδεις εδιδου αυτω
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εις εαυτον δε ελθων εφη ποσοι μισθιοι του πατρος μου περισσευονται αρτων εγω δε λιμω ωδε απολλυμαι
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αναστας πορευσομαι προς τον πατερα μου και ερω αυτω πατερ ημαρτον εις τον ουρανον και ενωπιον σου
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ουκετι ειμι αξιος κληθηναι υιος σου ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου
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και αναστας ηλθεν προς τον πατερα εαυτου ετι δε αυτου μακραν απεχοντος ειδεν αυτον ο πατηρ αυτου και εσπλαγχνισθη και δραμων επεπεσεν επι τον τραχηλον αυτου και κατεφιλησεν αυτον
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ειπεν δε ο υιος αυτω πατερ ημαρτον εις τον ουρανον και ενωπιον σου ουκετι ειμι αξιος κληθηναι υιος σου [ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου]
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ειπεν δε ο πατηρ προς τους δουλους αυτου ταχυ εξενεγκατε στολην την πρωτην και ενδυσατε αυτον και δοτε δακτυλιον εις την χειρα αυτου και υποδηματα εις τους ποδας
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και φερετε τον μοσχον τον σιτευτον θυσατε και φαγοντες ευφρανθωμεν
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οτι ουτος ο υιος μου νεκρος ην και ανεζησεν ην απολωλως και ευρεθη και ηρξαντο ευφραινεσθαι
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ην δε ο υιος αυτου ο πρεσβυτερος εν αγρω και ως ερχομενος ηγγισεν τη οικια ηκουσεν συμφωνιας και χορων
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και προσκαλεσαμενος ενα των παιδων επυνθανετο τι αν ειη ταυτα
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ο δε ειπεν αυτω οτι ο αδελφος σου ηκει και εθυσεν ο πατηρ σου τον μοσχον τον σιτευτον οτι υγιαινοντα αυτον απελαβεν
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ωργισθη δε και ουκ ηθελεν εισελθειν ο δε πατηρ αυτου εξελθων παρεκαλει αυτον
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ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν τω πατρι αυτου ιδου τοσαυτα ετη δουλευω σοι και ουδεποτε εντολην σου παρηλθον και εμοι ουδεποτε εδωκας εριφον ινα μετα των φιλων μου ευφρανθω
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οτε δε ο υιος σου ουτος ο καταφαγων σου τον βιον μετα πορνων ηλθεν εθυσας αυτω τον σιτευτον μοσχον
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ο δε ειπεν αυτω τεκνον συ παντοτε μετ εμου ει και παντα τα εμα σα εστιν
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ευφρανθηναι δε και χαρηναι εδει οτι ο αδελφος σου ουτος νεκρος ην και εζησεν και απολωλως και ευρεθη
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,
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and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying--This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
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And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
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`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?
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and having found, he doth lay <FI>it<Fi> on his shoulders rejoicing,
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and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep--the lost one.
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`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
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`Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?
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and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.
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`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
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And he said, `A certain man had two sons,
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and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to <FI>me<Fi> , and he divided to them the living.
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`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
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and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
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and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,
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and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.
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`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
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having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee,
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and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
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`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;
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and the son said to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.
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`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;
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and having brought the fatted calf, kill <FI>it<Fi> , and having eaten, we may be merry,
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because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
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`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,
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and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,
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and he said to him--Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.
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`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;
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and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;
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but when thy son--this one who did devour thy living with harlots--came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
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`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;
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but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).