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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/14.shtml" title="Luke 14">◄</a> Luke 15 <a href="../luke/16.shtml" 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">NKJV Parallel KJV <a href="../../bsb/luke/15.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/luke/15.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/luke/15.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/luke/15.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/luke/15.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/luke/15.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/luke/15.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/luke/15.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/luke/15.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/luke/15.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/luke/15.shtml">GRK]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New King James Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">King James Bible</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So He spoke this parable to them, saying:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he spake this parable unto them, saying,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when he has found <i>it,</i> he lays <i>it</i> on his shoulders, rejoicing.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when he hath found <i>it</i>, he layeth <i>it</i> on his shoulders, rejoicing.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when he comes home, he calls together <i>his</i> friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when he cometh home, he calleth together <i>his</i> friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds <i>it?</i><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find <i>it</i>?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when she has found <i>it,</i> she calls <i>her</i> friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when she hath found <i>it</i>, she calleth <i>her</i> friends and <i>her</i> neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then He said: “A certain man had two sons.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said, A certain man had two sons:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the younger of them said to <i>his</i> father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls <i>to me.</i>’ So he divided to them <i>his</i> livelihood.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the younger of them said to <i>his</i> father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth <i>to me</i>. And he divided unto them <i>his</i> living.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him <i>anything.</i><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put <i>it</i> on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on <i>his</i> feet.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put <i>it</i> on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on <i>his</i> feet:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And bring the fatted calf here and kill <i>it,</i> and let us eat and be merry;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill <i>it</i>; and let us eat, and be merry:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.’<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So he answered and said to <i>his</i> father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he answering said to <i>his</i> father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext1">It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext2">It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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