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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 ISV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">ISV</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 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/luke/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Parable about the Faithful Shepherd</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/18.htm">Matthew 18:12-14</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now all the tax collectors and sinners kept coming to listen to Jesus.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:1 Lit. him">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But the Pharisees and the scribes kept complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So he told them this parable:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">“Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn’t he? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I’ve found my lost sheep!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need to repent.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Story of the Diligent Housewife</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">“Or suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one of them.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:8 Lit. one coin">b</a></span> She lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches carefully until she finds it, doesn’t she? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin that I lost!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In the same way, I tell you that there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Story of the Loving Father</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:11 Lit. he">c</a></span> said, <span class="red">“A man had two sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The younger one told his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So the father<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:12 Lit. he">d</a></span> divided his property between them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A few days later, the younger son gathered everything he owned and traveled to a distant country. There he wasted it all<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:13 Lit. wasted his possessions">e</a></span> on wild living. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>After he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So he went out to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>No one would give him anything, even though he would gladly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">“Then he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:18 i.e. God">f</a></span> and you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I don’t deserve to be called your son anymore. Treat me like one of your hired men.”’</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">“So he got up and went to his father. While he was still far away, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:20 The Gk. lacks to his son">g</a></span> threw his arms around him, and kissed him affectionately. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then his son told him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:21 i.e. God">h</a></span> and you. I don’t deserve to be called your son anymore.’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:21 Other mss. read anymore. Treat me like one of your hired men.">i</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the father told his servants, ‘Hurry! Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">“Now the father’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:25 Lit. Now his">j</a></span> older son was in the field. As he was coming back to the house, he heard music and dancing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So he called to one of the servants and asked what was happening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The servant<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:27 Lit. He">k</a></span> told him, ‘Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.’</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">“Then the older son<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:28 Lit. he">l</a></span> became angry and wouldn’t go into the house.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:28 Lit. wouldn’t go in">m</a></span> So his father came out and began to plead with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But he answered his father, ‘Listen! All these years I’ve worked like a slave for you. I’ve never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you’ve never given me so much as a young goat for a festival<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:29 The Gk. lacks for a festival">n</a></span> so I could celebrate with my friends. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!’</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="red">“His father<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:31 Lit. He">o</a></span> told him, ‘My child, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.’”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 15:1 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 15:8 Lit. <i>one coin</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 15:11 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 15:12 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 15:13 Lit. <i>wasted his possessions</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 15:18 i.e. God<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 15:20 The Gk. lacks <i>to his son</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 15:21 i.e. God<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 15:21 Other mss. read <i>anymore. Treat me like one of your hired men.</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 15:25 Lit. <i>Now his</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 15:27 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 15:28 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 15:28 Lit. <i>wouldn’t go in</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 15:29 The Gk. lacks <i>for a festival</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 15:31 Lit. <i>He</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/luke/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>