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Luke 15 Worsley's New Testament
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saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.<Fr> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><FR>Thus, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one repenting sinner.<Fr><p> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Prodigal Son<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And He said, <FR>a certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father,<Fr> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><FR>Father, give me the portion that falleth <Fr><i>to my share.</i><FR> And he divided his substance between them.<Fr> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><FR>And not many days after the younger son gathered all together and went abroad into a distant country, and there squandered away his substance <Fr><i>by</i><FR> living luxuriously.<Fr> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><FR>And when he had spent all, there happen'd a grievous famine in that country, and he began to be in want.<Fr> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><FR>And he went and let himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.<Fr> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><FR>And he would gladly have filled his belly with the husks which the swine did eat: and no man relieved him.<Fr> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><FR>But coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I am perishing with hunger?<Fr> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><FR>I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee,<Fr> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><FR>and am no longer worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants.<Fr> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><FR>And he rose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion; and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.<Fr> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><FR>And <Fr><i>his</i><FR> son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no longer worthy to be called thy son.<Fr> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><FR>But the father said to his servants, bring out the best robe, and put <Fr><i>it</i><FR> on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:<Fr> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><FR>and bring hither the fatted calf and kill <Fr><i>it,</i><FR> and let us eat and be merry:<Fr> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><FR>for this my son was dead, and is alive again, and was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.<Fr><p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><FR>But his elder son was <Fr><i>out</i><FR> in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:<Fr> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><FR>and he called one of the servants to <Fr><i>him,</i><FR> and asked what these <Fr><i>things</i><FR> meant.<Fr> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><FR>And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him <Fr><i>safe and</i><FR> well: but he was angry, and would not go in.<Fr> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><FR>Therefore his father came out and desired him.<Fr> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><FR>But he answered and said to his father, Behold so many years <Fr><i>as</i><FR> I serve thee, nor have I ever transgressed thy command, and <Fr><i>yet</i><FR> thou hast never given me a kid, to be merry with my friends:<Fr> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><FR>but as soon as this thy son was come, who hath eaten up thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.<Fr> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><FR>And he said unto him, Son, thou art always with me, and all that I have is thine.<Fr> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><FR>But it was fit we should be merry and rejoice; for this thy brother was dead, and is come to life again, was lost and is found.<Fr><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>