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href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/9#h=96:0-97:0">9:51-56</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Requirements for following Jesus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/9#h=97:0-98:0">9:57-62</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus sends out the 70 (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/10#h=98:0-100:0">10:1-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Woe to unrepentant Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/10#h=100:0-102:0">10:13-16</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The 70 return (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/10#h=102:0-102:503">10:17-20</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus praises his Father for favoring the humble (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/10#h=102:503-104:0">10:21-24</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the neighborly Samaritan (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/10#h=104:0-106:0">10:25-37</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus visits Martha and Mary (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/10#h=106:0-107:0">10:38-42</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus teaches the model prayer (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/11#h=107:0-109:0">11:1-4</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the persistent friend (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/11#h=109:0-110:0">11:5-13</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus explains that demons are expelled by God’s finger (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/11#h=110:0-111:0">11:14-23</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus describes return of unclean spirit (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/11#h=111:0-112:0">11:24-26</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">True happiness explained (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/11#h=112:0-113:0">11:27, 28</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Sign of Jonah (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/11#h=113:0-113:710">11:29-32</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Lamp of the body is the eye (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/11#h=113:710-114:0">11:33-36</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus dines with a Pharisee; declares woes on religious hypocrites (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/11#h=114:0-119:0">11:37-54</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">“Watch out for the leaven of the Pharisees” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=119:0-119:494">12:1-3</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Fear God, not men (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=119:494-120:0">12:4-7</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Acknowledging union with Christ (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=120:0-121:0">12:8-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the foolish rich man (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=121:0-122:0">12:13-21</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">“Stop being anxious about your lives” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=122:0-123:0">12:22-31</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">“Have no fear, little flock” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=123:0-124:0">12:32-34</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Watchfulness (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=124:0-125:0">12:35-40</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Identifying the faithful steward and the characteristics of an unfaithful slave (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=125:0-126:0">12:41-48</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Not peace, but division (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=126:0-127:0">12:49-53</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Need to examine the times (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=127:0-127:370">12:54-56</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Settling accounts (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/12#h=127:370-128:0">12:57-59</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Repent or be destroyed (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/13#h=128:0-129:0">13:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the barren fig tree (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/13#h=129:0-130:0">13:6-9</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus heals a crippled woman on the Sabbath (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/13#h=130:0-131:0">13:10-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustrations of the mustard grain and the leaven (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/13#h=131:0-133:0">13:18-21</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Effort needed to enter through the narrow door (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/13#h=133:0-134:0">13:22-30</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Herod, “that fox” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/13#h=134:0-134:442">13:31-33</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus laments over Jerusalem (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/13#h=134:442-135:0">13:34, 35</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus heals a man with dropsy on the Sabbath (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/14#h=135:0-136:0">14:1-6</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Be a humble guest (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/14#h=136:0-137:0">14:7-11</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Invite those who cannot repay you (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/14#h=137:0-138:0">14:12-14</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the invited ones who begged off (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/14#h=138:0-140:0">14:15-24</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The cost of discipleship (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/14#h=140:0-141:0">14:25-33</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Salt that loses its strength (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/14#h=141:0-142:0">14:34, 35</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the lost sheep (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15#h=142:0-143:0">15:1-7</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the lost coin (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15#h=143:0-144:0">15:8-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the lost son (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15#h=144:0-147:0">15:11-32</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the unrighteous steward (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/16#h=147:0-149:0">16:1-13</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The Law and God’s Kingdom (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/16#h=149:0-152:0">16:14-18</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the rich man and Lazarus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/16#h=152:0-154:0">16:19-31</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus teaches about stumbling, forgiveness, and faith (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/17#h=154:0-156:0">17:1-6</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the slave who attends to his master’s needs (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/17#h=156:0-157:0">17:7-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus heals ten lepers (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/17#h=157:0-158:0">17:11-19</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The coming of God’s Kingdom (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/17#h=158:0-161:0">17:20-37</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the persistent widow (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/18#h=161:0-162:0">18:1-8</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the Pharisee and the tax collector (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/18#h=162:0-163:0">18:9-14</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus and the little children (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/18#h=163:0-164:0">18:15-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">A rich ruler’s question regarding everlasting life (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/18#h=164:0-166:0">18:18-30</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus again foretells his death and resurrection (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/18#h=166:0-167:0">18:31-34</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus heals a blind beggar near Jericho (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/18#h=167:0-168:0">18:35-43</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus visits the tax collector Zacchaeus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/19#h=168:0-169:0">19:1-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Illustration of the ten minas (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/19#h=169:0-172:0">19:11-27</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-1" data-section-citation="042015001042015001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/632" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-633"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 9:10, 11; Mr 2:15, 16; Lu 5:29, 30; 19:2-6; 1Ti 1:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-633" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-633" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1518" data-pid="1518" class="se"></p> <div id="p1519" data-pid="1519"><p data-pid="1519" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1469/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1519" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1469/0">4/15/1991, p. 21</a></p> </div><p id="p1520" data-pid="1520" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p465" data-pid="465" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/463/0">w91 4/15 21;</a></p> <p id="p466" data-pid="466" class="sx"></p> <p id="p519" data-pid="519" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/517/0">w65 469;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/517/1"> w60 209</a></p> <p id="p520" data-pid="520" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-2" data-section-citation="042015002042015002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:2</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/633" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-634"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 7:39; 19:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-634" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-634" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1520" data-pid="1520" class="se"></p> <p id="p1521" data-pid="1521" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1470/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 1180-1181</a></p> <p id="p1522" data-pid="1522" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1471/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 198</a></p> <p id="p1523" data-pid="1523" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p466" data-pid="466" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/464/0">it-1 1180-1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/464/2"> jy 198;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/464/4"> gt chapter 85;</a></p> <p id="p467" data-pid="467" class="sx"></p> <p id="p520" data-pid="520" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/518/0">ad 817;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/518/1"> w65 469;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/518/2"> w63 421;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/518/3"> w60 209</a></p> <p id="p521" data-pid="521" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-3" data-section-citation="042015003042015003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:3</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>illustration:</strong> Or “parable.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/0/0">study note on Mt 13:3</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-4" data-section-citation="042015004042015004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:4, 5</span></h3><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072098#chapter=15"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072098/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/662" ><span class="caption"><p>The Shepherd and His Sheep</p> </span></a><span class="altcaption">Luke 15:4, 5</span></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/634" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-635"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 34:11, 16; Mt 18:12, 13; Lu 19:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-635" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-635" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1523" data-pid="1523" class="se"></p> <div id="p1524" data-pid="1524"><p data-pid="1524" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1472/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1524" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1472/0">6/2020, pp. 28-29</a></p> </div><p id="p1525" data-pid="1525" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1473/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 1180-1181</a></p> <p id="p1526" data-pid="1526" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1474/0"><em>God’s Kingdom Rules!,</em> p. 127</a></p> <div id="p1527" data-pid="1527"><p data-pid="1527" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1475/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1527" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1475/0">2/1/2003, pp. 14-16</a></p> </div><p id="p1528" data-pid="1528" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p467" data-pid="467" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/465/0">w20.06 28-29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/465/2"> it-1 1180-1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/465/4"> kr 127;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/465/6"> w03 2/1 14-16;</a></p> <p id="p468" data-pid="468" class="sx"></p> <p id="p521" data-pid="521" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/519/0">w78 2/15 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/519/2"> ad 817;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/519/3"> w61 112</a></p> <p id="p522" data-pid="522" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-5" data-section-citation="042015005042015005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:5</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1528" data-pid="1528" class="se"></p> <div id="p1529" data-pid="1529"><p data-pid="1529" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1476/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1529" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1476/0">6/2020, pp. 28-29</a></p> </div><p id="p1530" data-pid="1530" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1477/0"><em>God’s Kingdom Rules!,</em> p. 127</a></p> <div id="p1531" data-pid="1531"><p data-pid="1531" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1478/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1531" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1478/0">2/1/2003, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><p id="p1532" data-pid="1532" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p468" data-pid="468" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/466/0">w20.06 28-29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/466/2"> kr 127;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/466/5"> w03 2/1 16-17;</a></p> <p id="p469" data-pid="469" class="sx"></p> <p id="p522" data-pid="522" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/520/0">w78 2/15 5</a></p> <p id="p523" data-pid="523" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-6" data-section-citation="042015006042015006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:6</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/635" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-636"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 18:14; Ro 12:15; 1Pe 2:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-636" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-636" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p523" data-pid="523" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/521/0">w63 421</a></p> <p id="p524" data-pid="524" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-7" data-section-citation="042015007042015007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/636" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-637"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 33:11; Lu 5:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-637" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-637" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/637" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-638"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 19:8-10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-638" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-638" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1532" data-pid="1532" class="se"></p> <p id="p1533" data-pid="1533" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1479/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 57</a></p> <p id="p1534" data-pid="1534" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1480/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 1180-1181</a></p> <p id="p1535" data-pid="1535" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1481/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 968</a></p> <p id="p1536" data-pid="1536" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1482/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> pp. 198-199</a></p> <div id="p1537" data-pid="1537"><p data-pid="1537" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1483/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1537" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1483/0">2/1/2003, p. 15</a></p> </div><p id="p1538" data-pid="1538" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p469" data-pid="469" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/467/0">lff lesson 57;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/467/2"> it-1 1180-1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/467/4"> it-2 968;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/467/6"> jy 198-199;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/467/8"> w03 2/1 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/467/10"> gt chapter 85;</a></p> <p id="p470" data-pid="470" class="sx"></p> <p id="p524" data-pid="524" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/522/0">w80 11/1 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/522/2"> ad 817;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/522/3"> w63 421;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/522/4"> w61 112;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/522/5"> w60 209</a></p> <p id="p525" data-pid="525" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-8" data-section-citation="042015008042015008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>ten:</strong> As shown in the study note on <strong>drachma coins</strong> in this verse, a drachma was worth almost a day’s wages. However, this lost coin may have had special value as one of a set of ten, perhaps an heirloom or part of a prized string of drachmas used for adornment. It was necessary to <strong>light a lamp</strong> to search for it because the window in a home, if there was one, was usually quite small. And houses at that time generally had clay floors, so the woman swept the floor to help her find the lost coin.</p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>drachma coins:</strong> A drachma was a Greek silver coin. By the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry, the drachma probably weighed about 3.4 g (0.109 oz t). At that time, the Greeks equated the drachma with the denarius, but the Roman government officially reckoned the value of the drachma at three fourths of a denarius. The Jews paid an annual temple tax of two drachmas (a didrachma).—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/1/0">study note on Mt 17:24</a>; Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/2/0">Drachma</a>”; and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/0">App. B14</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1538" data-pid="1538" class="se"></p> <div id="p1539" data-pid="1539"><p data-pid="1539" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1484/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1539" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1484/0">6/2020, pp. 24-25</a></p> </div><p id="p1540" data-pid="1540" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1485/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 648,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1486/0"> 1181</a></p> <p id="p1541" data-pid="1541" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1487/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 427</a></p> <p id="p1542" data-pid="1542" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1488/0"><em>New World Translation,</em> p. 1795</a></p> <div id="p1543" data-pid="1543"><p data-pid="1543" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1489/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1543" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1489/0">12/1/2012, p. 21</a></p><p data-pid="1543" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1490/0">2/1/2003, pp. 14-15,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1491/0"> 17-18</a></p> </div><p id="p1544" data-pid="1544" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p470" data-pid="470" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/468/0">w20.06 24-25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/468/2"> it-1 648,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/468/4"> 1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/468/6"> it-2 427;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/468/8"> nwt 1795;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/468/10"> w12 12/1 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/468/12"> w03 2/1 14-15,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/468/18"> 17-18;</a></p> <p id="p471" data-pid="471" class="sx"></p> <p id="p525" data-pid="525" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/523/0">ad 817,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/523/1"> 1175;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/523/2"> w68 125;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/523/3"> w60 201;</a><span class="ni"> w31 79</span></p> <p id="p526" data-pid="526" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-9" data-section-citation="042015009042015009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:9</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="s5"><strong>the drachma coin:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/3/0">study note on Lu 15:8</a>; Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/4/0">Drachma</a>”; and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/1">App. B14</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-83"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p308" data-pid="308">Or “her women friends.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p526" data-pid="526" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/524/0">w60 201;</a><span class="ni"> w31 79</span></p> <p id="p527" data-pid="527" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-10" data-section-citation="042015010042015010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:10</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/638" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-639"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 9:13; Mr 2:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-639" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-639" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1544" data-pid="1544" class="se"></p> <p id="p1545" data-pid="1545" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1492/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 968</a></p> <p id="p1546" data-pid="1546" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1493/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 199</a></p> <div id="p1547" data-pid="1547"><p data-pid="1547" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1494/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1547" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1494/0">2/1/2003, p. 15</a></p><p data-pid="1547" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1495/0">7/1/2000, p. 16</a></p> </div><p id="p1548" data-pid="1548" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p471" data-pid="471" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/469/0">it-2 968;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/469/2"> jy 199;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/469/4"> w03 2/1 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/469/6"> w00 7/1 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/469/8"> gt chapter 85;</a></p> <p id="p472" data-pid="472" class="sx"></p> <p id="p527" data-pid="527" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/525/0">w80 11/1 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/525/2"> bw 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/525/4"> w72 201,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/525/6"> 431;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/525/8"> w65 469;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/525/9"> w63 421;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/525/10"> w61 58;</a><span class="ni"> w31 79</span></p> <p id="p528" data-pid="528" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-11" data-section-citation="042015011042015011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:11</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="s5"><strong>A man had two sons:</strong> Some aspects of the illustration of the prodigal son (also known as “the lost son”) are unique. It is one of the longest that Jesus gave. An outstanding feature is the family relationships he describes. In other illustrations, Jesus often referred to inanimate things, such as different kinds of seed or soil, or to the formal relationship between a master and his slaves. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Mt 13:18-30;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/4/1" data-bid="5-2" class="b"> 25:14-30;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/4/2" data-bid="5-3" class="b"> Lu 19:12-27</a>) In this illustration, however, Jesus highlights the intimate relationship between a father and his sons. Many who hear this account may not have had such a kind, warmhearted father. This illustration portrays the deep compassion and love that our heavenly Father has for his earthly children, both those who remain with him and those who return to him after going astray.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p528" data-pid="528" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/526/0">w72 432;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/526/3"> w65 470;</a><span class="ni"> w43 325</span></p> <p id="p529" data-pid="529" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-12" data-section-citation="042015012042015012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:12</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>the younger one:</strong> According to the Mosaic Law, the firstborn received a double share. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">De 21:17</a>) So in this illustration, the inheritance of the younger son would have been half that of his older brother.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1548" data-pid="1548" class="se"></p> <p id="p1549" data-pid="1549" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1496/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1181</a></p> <p id="p1550" data-pid="1550" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1497/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 200</a></p> <div id="p1551" data-pid="1551"><p data-pid="1551" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1498/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1551" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1498/0">1/8/1995, p. 19</a></p> </div><div id="p1552" data-pid="1552"><p data-pid="1552" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1499/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1552" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1499/0">2/1/1989, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p1553" data-pid="1553" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p472" data-pid="472" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/470/0">it-1 1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/470/2"> jy 200;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/470/4"> g95 1/8 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/470/7"> gt chapter 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/470/10"> w89 2/1 8;</a></p> <p id="p473" data-pid="473" class="sx"></p> <p id="p529" data-pid="529" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/527/0">w72 432;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/527/3"> ad 817;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/527/4"> w65 471,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/527/5"> 485;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/527/6"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 325</span></p> <p id="p530" data-pid="530" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-13" data-section-citation="042015013042015013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:13</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>squandered:</strong> The Greek word used here literally means “to scatter (in different directions).” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Lu 1:51;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/8/1" data-bid="9-2" class="b"> Ac 5:37</a>) At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">Mt 25:24,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/9/1" data-bid="10-2" class="b"> 26</a>, it is rendered “winnow.” Here it is used in the sense of being wasteful, spending foolishly.</p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>a debauched life:</strong> Or “a wasteful (reckless; wild) life.” A related Greek word is used with a similar meaning at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Eph 5:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/10/1" data-bid="11-2" class="b"> Tit 1:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/10/2" data-bid="11-3" class="b"> 1Pe 4:4</a>. Since the Greek word may also include the idea of a spendthrift, or wasteful, lifestyle some Bible translations use the expression “with prodigal living.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1553" data-pid="1553" class="se"></p> <p id="p1554" data-pid="1554" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1500/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1181</a></p> <p id="p1555" data-pid="1555" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1501/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 200</a></p> <div id="p1556" data-pid="1556"><p data-pid="1556" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1502/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1556" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1502/0">10/1/1998, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="1556" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1503/0">2/1/1989, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p1557" data-pid="1557" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p473" data-pid="473" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/471/0">it-1 1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/471/2"> jy 200;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/471/4"> w98 10/1 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/471/6"> gt chapter 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/471/8"> w89 2/1 8;</a></p> <p id="p474" data-pid="474" class="sx"></p> <p id="p530" data-pid="530" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/528/0">w82 5/1 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/528/3"> w74 81;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/528/5"> w72 432-433;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/528/8"> ad 817;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/528/9"> w65 471,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/528/10"> 486;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/528/11"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 328</span></p> <p id="p531" data-pid="531" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-14" data-section-citation="042015014042015014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:14</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1557" data-pid="1557" class="se"></p> <div id="p1558" data-pid="1558"><p data-pid="1558" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1504/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1558" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1504/0">10/1/1998, pp. 9-10</a></p> </div><p id="p1559" data-pid="1559" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p474" data-pid="474" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/472/0">w98 10/1 9-10;</a></p> <p id="p475" data-pid="475" class="sx"></p> <p id="p531" data-pid="531" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/529/0">w72 432-433;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/529/3"> w65 487;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/529/4"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 330</span></p> <p id="p532" data-pid="532" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-15" data-section-citation="042015015042015015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="s5"><strong>to herd swine:</strong> These animals were unclean according to the Law, so this was a degrading, despicable occupation for a Jew.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Le 11:7, 8</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/639" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-640"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 11:7, 8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-640" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-640" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1559" data-pid="1559" class="se"></p> <p id="p1560" data-pid="1560" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1505/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1181</a></p> <p id="p1561" data-pid="1561" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1506/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1049</a></p> <p id="p1562" data-pid="1562" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1507/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 201</a></p> <div id="p1563" data-pid="1563"><p data-pid="1563" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1508/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1563" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1508/0">10/1/1998, pp. 9-10</a></p><p data-pid="1563" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1509/0">2/1/1989, p. 8</a></p> </div><div id="p1564" data-pid="1564"><p data-pid="1564" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1510/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1564" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1510/0">1/8/1995, pp. 19-20</a></p> </div><p id="p1565" data-pid="1565" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p475" data-pid="475" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/473/0">it-1 1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/473/2"> it-2 1049;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/473/4"> jy 201;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/473/6"> w98 10/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/473/10"> g95 1/8 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/473/12"> gt chapter 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/473/14"> w89 2/1 8;</a></p> <p id="p476" data-pid="476" class="sx"></p> <p id="p532" data-pid="532" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/530/0">w82 5/1 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/530/2"> w72 432-433;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/530/5"> ad 817;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/530/6"> w65 487;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/530/7"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 330</span></p> <p id="p533" data-pid="533" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-16" data-section-citation="042015016042015016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:16</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>carob pods:</strong> The fruit or pods of the carob have a shiny, leathery shell of a purplish-brown color and, in harmony with the literal meaning of their name in Greek (<em>ke·raʹti·on,</em> “small horn”), have a curved horn shape. Carob pods are widely used till this day as food for horses, cattle, and pigs. The degradation to which the young man had sunk was accentuated by his willingness even to eat the food of swine.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/5/0">study note on Lu 15:15</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072099#chapter=15"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072099/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/664" ><span class="caption"><p>Carob Pods</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1565" data-pid="1565" class="se"></p> <p id="p1566" data-pid="1566" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1511/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 420-421</a></p> <p id="p1567" data-pid="1567" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1512/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1049</a></p> <p id="p1568" data-pid="1568" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1513/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 201</a></p> <div id="p1569" data-pid="1569"><p data-pid="1569" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1514/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1569" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1514/0">10/1/1998, pp. 9-11</a></p><p data-pid="1569" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1515/0">2/1/1989, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p1570" data-pid="1570" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p476" data-pid="476" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/474/0">it-1 420-421;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/474/2"> it-2 1049;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/474/4"> jy 201;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/474/6"> w98 10/1 10-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/474/9"> gt chapter 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/474/11"> w89 2/1 8;</a></p> <p id="p477" data-pid="477" class="sx"></p> <p id="p533" data-pid="533" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/531/0">ad 301;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/531/1"> w65 487;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/531/2"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> g63 2/22 25;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/531/4"> w51 223;</a><span class="ni"> w43 330</span></p> <p id="p534" data-pid="534" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-17" data-section-citation="042015017042015017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:17</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1570" data-pid="1570" class="se"></p> <div id="p1571" data-pid="1571"><p data-pid="1571" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1516/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1571" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1516/0">10/1/1998, p. 11</a></p> </div><div id="p1572" data-pid="1572"><p data-pid="1572" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1517/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1572" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1517/0">1/8/1995, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p1573" data-pid="1573" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p477" data-pid="477" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/475/0">w98 10/1 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/475/3"> g95 1/8 20;</a></p> <p id="p478" data-pid="478" class="sx"></p> <p id="p534" data-pid="534" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/532/0">w82 5/1 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/532/2"> w72 432-434;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/532/5"> w65 488;</a><span class="ni"> w43 340</span></p> <p id="p535" data-pid="535" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-18" data-section-citation="042015018042015018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:18</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>against you:</strong> Or “in your sight.” The Greek preposition <em>e·noʹpi·on,</em> literally meaning “before; in the sight of,” is used in a similar way at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">1Sa 20:1</a> in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/6/0"><em>Septuagint</em></a><em>.</em> In that verse, David asks Jonathan: “How have I sinned <em>against</em> your father?”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1573" data-pid="1573" class="se"></p> <div id="p1574" data-pid="1574"><p data-pid="1574" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1518/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1574" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1518/0">10/1/1998, pp. 11-12</a></p> </div><div id="p1575" data-pid="1575"><p data-pid="1575" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1519/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1575" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1519/0">1/8/1995, p. 21</a></p> </div><p id="p1576" data-pid="1576" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p478" data-pid="478" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/476/0">w98 10/1 11-12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/476/4"> g95 1/8 21;</a></p> <p id="p479" data-pid="479" class="sx"></p> <p id="p535" data-pid="535" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/533/0">w82 5/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/533/2"> w74 81;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/533/4"> w72 432-434;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/533/7"> w65 488;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/533/8"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 340</span></p> <p id="p536" data-pid="536" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-19" data-section-citation="042015019042015019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:19</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>hired men:</strong> When he returned home, the younger son planned to ask his father to be accepted, not as a son, but as a hired man. Such a man was not part of the estate, as were the slaves, but was an outsider who was hired, often for just a day at a time.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">Mt 20:1, 2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/17/1" data-bid="18-2" class="b"> 8</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1576" data-pid="1576" class="se"></p> <p id="p1577" data-pid="1577" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1520/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1181</a></p> <div id="p1578" data-pid="1578"><p data-pid="1578" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1521/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1578" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1521/0">10/1/1998, pp. 11-12</a></p> </div><p id="p1579" data-pid="1579" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p479" data-pid="479" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/477/0">it-1 1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/477/2"> w98 10/1 11-12;</a></p> <p id="p480" data-pid="480" class="sx"></p> <p id="p536" data-pid="536" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/534/0">w82 5/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/534/2"> ad 817;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/534/3"> w65 488;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/534/4"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 340</span></p> <p id="p537" data-pid="537" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-20" data-section-citation="042015020042015020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:20</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>tenderly kissed him:</strong> Or “affectionately kissed him.” The Greek term rendered “tenderly kissed” has been understood to be an intensive form of the verb <em>phi·leʹo,</em> sometimes rendered “to kiss” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">Mt 26:48;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/19/1" data-bid="20-2" class="b"> Mr 14:44;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/19/2" data-bid="20-3" class="b"> Lu 22:47</a>) but more often having the meaning “to have affection for” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">Joh 5:20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/20/1" data-bid="21-2" class="b"> 11:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/20/2" data-bid="21-3" class="b"> 16:27</a>). By greeting him in such a warm, friendly manner, the father in the illustration shows his willingness to welcome back his repentant son.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-84"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p309" data-pid="309">Lit., “fell upon his neck.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1579" data-pid="1579" class="se"></p> <p id="p1580" data-pid="1580" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1522/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 202</a></p> <p id="p1581" data-pid="1581" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1523/0"><em>Return to Jehovah,</em> p. 10</a></p> <div id="p1582" data-pid="1582"><p data-pid="1582" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1524/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1582" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1524/0">10/1/1998, pp. 12-13</a></p><p data-pid="1582" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1525/0">2/15/1989, p. 16</a></p><p data-pid="1582" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1526/0">2/1/1989, p. 8</a></p><p data-pid="1582" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1527/0">1/15/1988, pp. 21,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1528/0"> 22-23</a></p> </div><p id="p1583" data-pid="1583" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p480" data-pid="480" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/478/0">jy 202;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/478/2"> rj 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/478/4"> w98 10/1 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/478/9"> gt chapter 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/478/12"> w89 2/1 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/478/14"> w89 2/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/478/16"> w88 1/15 21,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/478/18"> 23;</a></p> <p id="p481" data-pid="481" class="sx"></p> <p id="p537" data-pid="537" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/535/0">su 161-164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/535/2"> w82 5/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/535/4"> w74 462;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/535/6"> w65 489</a></p> <p id="p538" data-pid="538" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-21" data-section-citation="042015021042015021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:21</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="s5"><strong>called your son:</strong> Some <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/7/0">manuscripts</a> add: “Make me as one of your hired men,” but the current main text reading has support in various early, authoritative manuscripts. Some scholars consider that the extra expression was added to make the verse harmonize with <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070659/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Lu 15:19</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/640" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-641"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 7:14; Ps 32:5; 51:4; Pr 28:13; Lu 18:13; 1Jo 1:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-641" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-641" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1583" data-pid="1583" class="se"></p> <p id="p1584" data-pid="1584" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1529/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 202</a></p> <div id="p1585" data-pid="1585"><p data-pid="1585" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1530/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1585" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1530/0">2/15/1990, p. 23</a></p> </div><p id="p1586" data-pid="1586" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p481" data-pid="481" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/479/0">jy 202;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/479/2"> gt chapter 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/479/5"> w90 2/15 23;</a></p> <p id="p482" data-pid="482" class="sx"></p> <p id="p538" data-pid="538" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/536/0">su 161-164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/536/2"> w82 5/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/536/5"> w72 432-434;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/536/8"> w65 489;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/536/9"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 343</span></p> <p id="p539" data-pid="539" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-22" data-section-citation="042015022042015022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:22</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>robe . . . ring . . . sandals:</strong> This robe was not merely a simple article of clothing but <strong>the best one</strong>—perhaps a richly embroidered vestment of the sort presented to an honored guest. The act of putting a ring on the hand of his son shows the favor and affection of the father as well as the dignity, honor, and status accorded this restored son. A ring and sandals were not usually seen on slaves. Thus, the father was making it clear that his son was being welcomed back as a full-fledged member of the family.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1586" data-pid="1586" class="se"></p> <p id="p1587" data-pid="1587" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1531/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 653,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1532/0"> 1181</a></p> <p id="p1588" data-pid="1588" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1533/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 812</a></p> <div id="p1589" data-pid="1589"><p data-pid="1589" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1534/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1589" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1534/0">10/1/1998, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p1590" data-pid="1590" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p482" data-pid="482" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/480/0">it-1 653,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/480/2"> 1181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/480/4"> it-2 812;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/480/6"> w98 10/1 12;</a></p> <p id="p483" data-pid="483" class="sx"></p> <p id="p539" data-pid="539" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/537/0">su 161-164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/537/2"> w82 5/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/537/4"> ad 817,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/537/5"> 1413;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/537/6"> w65 489;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/537/7"> w63 422;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/537/8"> w61 640;</a><span class="ni"> w43 343</span></p> <p id="p540" data-pid="540" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-23" data-section-citation="042015023042015023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:23</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-85"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p310" data-pid="310">Or “sacrifice.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1590" data-pid="1590" class="se"></p> <div id="p1591" data-pid="1591"><p data-pid="1591" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1535/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1591" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1535/0">10/1/1998, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p1592" data-pid="1592" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p483" data-pid="483" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/481/0">w98 10/1 12;</a></p> <p id="p484" data-pid="484" class="sx"></p> <p id="p540" data-pid="540" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/538/0">su 161-164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/538/2"> w82 5/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/538/4"> w65 489;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/538/5"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 343</span></p> <p id="p541" data-pid="541" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-24" data-section-citation="042015024042015024"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:24</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/641" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-642"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 6:13; Eph 2:4, 5; Col 2:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-642" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-642" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/15/642" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-643"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 15:7, 10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-643" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-643" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p541" data-pid="541" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/539/0">su 161-164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/539/2"> w82 5/1 26-27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/539/5"> w65 489;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/539/6"> w63 422;</a><span class="ni"> w43 343;</span><span class="ni"> w31 79</span></p> <p id="p542" data-pid="542" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-25" data-section-citation="042015025042015025"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:25</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1592" data-pid="1592" class="se"></p> <p id="p1593" data-pid="1593" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1536/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 575</a></p> <div id="p1594" data-pid="1594"><p data-pid="1594" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1537/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1594" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1537/0">2/15/1989, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><p id="p1595" data-pid="1595" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p484" data-pid="484" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/482/0">it-1 575;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/482/2"> gt chapter 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/482/5"> w89 2/15 16-17;</a></p> <p id="p485" data-pid="485" class="sx"></p> <p id="p542" data-pid="542" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/540/0">yy 124-125;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/540/3"> w72 432,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/540/5"> 568;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/540/7"> ad 415;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/540/8"> w65 490;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/540/9"> w62 410;</a><span class="ni"> w43 345</span></p> <p id="p543" data-pid="543" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-26" data-section-citation="042015026042015026"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:26</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p543" data-pid="543" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/541/0">w65 490;</a><span class="ni"> w43 345</span></p> <p id="p544" data-pid="544" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-27" data-section-citation="042015027042015027"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:27</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-86"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p311" data-pid="311">Or “safe.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p544" data-pid="544" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/542/0">w65 490;</a><span class="ni"> w43 345</span></p> <p id="p545" data-pid="545" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-28" data-section-citation="042015028042015028"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:28</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1595" data-pid="1595" class="se"></p> <div id="p1596" data-pid="1596"><p data-pid="1596" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1538/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1596" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1538/0">10/1/1998, p. 14</a></p><p data-pid="1596" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1539/0">2/15/1989, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><p id="p1597" data-pid="1597" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p485" data-pid="485" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/483/0">w98 10/1 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/483/2"> gt chapter(s) 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/483/6"> w89 2/15 16-17;</a></p> <p id="p486" data-pid="486" class="sx"></p> <p id="p545" data-pid="545" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/543/0">w72 432-433,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/543/2"> 435;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/543/4"> w65 490;</a><span class="ni"> w43 346</span></p> <p id="p546" data-pid="546" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-29" data-section-citation="042015029042015029"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:29</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1597" data-pid="1597" class="se"></p> <p id="p1598" data-pid="1598" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1540/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> pp. 202-203</a></p> <div id="p1599" data-pid="1599"><p data-pid="1599" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1541/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1599" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1541/0">10/1/1998, pp. 14-15</a></p><p data-pid="1599" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1542/0">2/15/1989, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><p id="p1600" data-pid="1600" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p486" data-pid="486" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/484/0">jy 202-203;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/484/3"> w98 10/1 14-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/484/8"> gt chapter(s) 86;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/484/12"> w89 2/15 16-17;</a></p> <p id="p487" data-pid="487" class="sx"></p> <p id="p546" data-pid="546" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/544/0">w72 432-433,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/544/2"> 435;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/544/4"> w65 490;</a><span class="ni"> w43 346</span></p> <p id="p547" data-pid="547" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-30" data-section-citation="042015030042015030"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 15:30</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="s5"><strong>squandered:</strong> Lit., “devoured.” The Greek word is here used to give a graphic description of how the younger son wasted his father’s <strong>belongings,</strong> or means of living.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1600" data-pid="1600" class="se"></p> <p id="p1601" data-pid="1601" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1543/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> pp. 202-203</a></p> <div id="p1602" data-pid="1602"><p data-pid="1602" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1544/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1602" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/1544/0">10/1/1998, pp. 14-16</a></p> </div><p id="p1603" data-pid="1603" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p487" data-pid="487" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/485/0">jy 202-203;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/485/3"> w98 10/1 15;</a></p> <p id="p488" data-pid="488" class="sx"></p> <p id="p547" data-pid="547" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/545/0">w72 432-434;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/545/3"> w65 487,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/545/4"> 490;</a><span class="ni"> w43 346</span></p> <p id="p548" data-pid="548" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-15-31" data-section-citation="042015031042015031"><h3 class="title"><span 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</span><span id="v42-15-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25694" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>And both the Pharisees and the scribes kept muttering: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/633" data-bid="634-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-15-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25695" class="vl vx vp study">3 </a>Then he told them this illustration, saying: </span><span id="v42-15-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25696" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>“What man among you with 100 sheep, on losing one of them, will not leave the 99 behind in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/634" data-bid="635-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-15-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25697" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices. </span><span id="v42-15-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25698" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>And when he gets home, he calls his friends and his neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/635" data-bid="636-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-15-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25699" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/636" data-bid="637-1" class="b">+</a> than over 99 righteous ones who have no need of repentance.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/637" data-bid="638-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p143" data-pid="143" class="sb"><span id="v42-15-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25700" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>“Or what woman who has ten drachma coins, if she loses one of the drachmas, does not light a lamp and sweep her house and search carefully until she finds it? </span><span id="v42-15-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25701" class="vl vx vp study">9 </a>And when she has found it, she calls her friends<a id="footnotesource83" data-fnid="83" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/82">*</a> and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma coin that I had lost.’ </span><span id="v42-15-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25702" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>In the same way, I tell you, joy arises among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/638" data-bid="639-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p144" data-pid="144" class="sb"><span id="v42-15-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25703" class="vl vx vp study">11 </a>Then he said: “A man had two sons. </span><span id="v42-15-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25704" class="vl vx vp study">12 </a>And the younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that should come to me.’ So he divided his belongings between them. </span><span id="v42-15-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25705" class="vl vx vp study">13 </a>A few days later, the younger son gathered all his things together and traveled to a distant country and there squandered his property by living a debauched life. </span><span id="v42-15-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25706" class="vl vx vp">14 </a>When he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred throughout that country, and he fell into need. </span><span id="v42-15-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25707" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>He even went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to herd swine.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/639" data-bid="640-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-15-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25708" class="vl vx vp study">16 </a>And he longed to be filled with the carob pods that the swine were eating, but no one would give him anything.</span></p> <p id="p145" data-pid="145" class="sb"><span id="v42-15-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25709" class="vl vx vp">17 </a>“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, while I am dying here from hunger! </span><span id="v42-15-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25710" class="vl vx vp study">18 </a>I will get up and travel to my father and say to him: “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. </span><span id="v42-15-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25711" class="vl vx vp study">19 </a>I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Make me as one of your hired men.”’ </span><span id="v42-15-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25712" class="vl vx vp study">20 </a>So he got up and went to his father. While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him and was moved with pity, and he ran and embraced him<a id="footnotesource84" data-fnid="84" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/83">*</a> and tenderly kissed him. </span><span id="v42-15-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25713" class="vl vx vp study">21 </a>Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/640" data-bid="641-1" class="b">+</a> I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’ </span><span id="v42-15-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25714" class="vl vx vp study">22 </a>But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quick! bring out a robe, the best one, and clothe him with it, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. </span><span id="v42-15-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25715" class="vl vx vp">23 </a>Also bring the fattened calf, slaughter<a id="footnotesource85" data-fnid="85" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/84">*</a> it, and let us eat and celebrate, </span><span id="v42-15-24-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25716" class="vl vx vp">24 </a>for this son of mine was dead but has come to life again;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/641" data-bid="642-1" class="b">+</a> he was lost and has been found.’ And they started to enjoy themselves.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/642" data-bid="643-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p146" data-pid="146" class="sb"><span id="v42-15-25-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25717" class="vl vx vp">25 </a>“Now his older son was in the field, and as he returned and got near the house, he heard music and dancing. </span><span id="v42-15-26-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25718" class="vl vx vp">26 </a>So he called one of the servants to him and asked what was happening. </span><span id="v42-15-27-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25719" class="vl vx vp">27 </a>He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father slaughtered the fattened calf because he got him back in good health.’<a id="footnotesource86" data-fnid="86" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/85">*</a> </span><span id="v42-15-28-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25720" class="vl vx vp">28 </a>But he became angry and refused to go in. Then his father came out and began to plead with him. </span><span id="v42-15-29-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25721" class="vl vx vp">29 </a>In reply he said to his father, ‘Look! These many years I have slaved for you and never once did I disobey your orders, and yet you never once gave me a young goat to enjoy with my friends. </span><span id="v42-15-30-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25722" class="vl vx vp study">30 </a>But as soon as this son of yours arrived who squandered your belongings with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’ </span><span id="v42-15-31-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25723" class="vl vx vp">31 </a>Then he said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all the things that are mine are yours. </span><span id="v42-15-32-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25724" class="vl vx vp">32 </a>But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, for your brother was dead but has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’”</span></p>  <div class="pswp" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pswp__bg"></div> <div class="pswp__scroll-wrap">  <div 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