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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Luke 15 Worrell New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WOR</a> > Luke 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/14.htm" title="Luke 14">◄</a> Luke 15 <a href="../luke/16.htm" title="Luke 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Worrell New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/luke/15-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Lost Sheep<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/18.htm#10">Matthew 18:10–14</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And both the scribes and the Pharisees were murmuring, saying, "This Man receiveth sinners and eateth with them!"<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And He spake to them this parable, saying, <A name="5"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><FR>"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave behind the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost one, until he finds it?<Fr> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><FR>And, finding <i>it</i>, he places <i>it</i> upon his shoulders, rejoicing:<Fr> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><FR>and, coming to <i>his</i> house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep, which was lost.<Fr> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><FR>I say to you, that so there will be joy in Heaven over one sinner that repents, <i>more</i> than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.<Fr><p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Lost Coin<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><FR>"Or what woman, having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently, till she finds it?<Fr> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><FR>And, having found it, she calls together <i>her</i> female friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me; because I found the piece which I lost!'<Fr> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><FR>So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents."<Fr><p> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Prodigal Son<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And He said, <FR>"A certain man had two sons.<Fr> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><FR>And the younger said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls to me.' And he divided to them his living.<Fr> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><FR>And, not many days after, gathering all things together, the younger son went abroad into a far country, and there wasted his estate, living riotously.<Fr> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><FR>And, when he spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.<Fr> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><FR>And, going his way, he attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.<Fr> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><FR>And he was longing to be filled with the pods which the swine were eating; and no one was giving to him.<Fr> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><FR>But, coming to himself, he said, 'How many hired servants of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I am perishing here with hunger!<Fr> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><FR>Arising, I will go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I sinned against Heaven, and before you;<Fr> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><FR>I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.'<Fr> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><FR>And, arising, he came to his father. But, while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion; and, running, he fell on his neck, and kissed him much.<Fr> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><FR>And the son said to the father, 'Father, I sinned against Heaven, and before you; no longer am I worthy to be called your son!'<Fr> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><FR>But the father said to his servants, 'Quickly bring forth a robe, the best, and put <i>it</i> on him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet;<Fr> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><FR>and bring ye the fatted calf, kill <i>it</i>; and, eating, let us be merry;<Fr> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><FR>because this my son was dead, and came to life again; had been lost, and was found.' And they began to be merry.<Fr><p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><FR>"Now his elder son was in a field; and as, <i>in</i> coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.<Fr> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><FR>And, calling to him one of the young men, he inquired of him, what these things might be.<Fr> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><FR>And he said to him, 'Your brother has come; and your father killed the fatted calf, because he received him in sound health.'<Fr> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><FR>But he was angry, and was not willing to go in; but his father, coming out, kept entreating him.<Fr> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><FR>But he, answering, said to his father, 'Behold, so many years do I serve you; and, at no time, did I transgress a command of yours; and you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.<Fr> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><FR>But, when your son?this one who devoured your living with harlots?came, you killed for him the fatted calf!'<Fr> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><FR>And he said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours'<Fr> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><FR>But it was meet to make merry, and rejoice; because this your brother was dead, and came to life again; and <i>had been</i> lost, and was found."<Fr><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worrell New Testament (1904)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>