42:015:004 What man of you, having an hundred sheep,
if he lose one of
them,
doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness,
and
go after that which is lost, until he find it?
42:015:005 And when he hath found it, he layeth it
on his shoulders,
rejoicing.
42:015:006 And when he cometh home, he calleth together
his friends and
neighbours,
saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have
found
my sheep which was lost.
42:015:007 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall
be in heaven over one
sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just
persons,
which need no repentance.
42:015:008 Either what woman having ten pieces of
silver, if she lose one
piece,
doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek
diligently
till she find it?
42:015:009 And when she hath found it, she calleth
her friends and her
neighbours
together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found
the
piece which I had lost.
42:015:010 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy
in the presence of the
angels
of God over one sinner that repenteth.
42:015:011 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
42:015:012 And the younger of them said to his father,
Father, give me
the
portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided
unto
them
his living.
42:015:013 And not many days after the younger son
gathered all together,
and
took his journey into a far country, and there wasted
his
substance
with riotous living.
42:015:014 And when he had spent all, there arose
a mighty famine in that
land;
and he began to be in want.
42:015:015 And he went and joined himself to a citizen
of that country;
and
he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
42:015:016 And he would fain have filled his belly
with the husks that
the
swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
42:015:017 And when he came to himself, he said, How
many hired servants
of
my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and
I perish
with
hunger!
42:015:018 I will arise and go to my father, and will
say unto him,
Father,
I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
42:015:019 And am no more worthy to be called thy
son: make me as one of
thy
hired servants.
42:015:020 And he arose, and came to his father.
But when he was yet a
great
way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and
ran,
and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
42:015:021 And the son said unto him, Father, I have
sinned against
heaven,
and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called
thy
son.


