1 And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
2 and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This {man} receives sinners and eats with them.
3 And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
4 What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
5 and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
6 and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.
7 I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, {more} than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.
8 Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?
9 and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.
10 Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons;
12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls {to me}. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.
13 And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
14 But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
17 And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.
18 I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
19 I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
21 And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in {it}, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
23 and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
24 for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
25 And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming {up}, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 And having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.
27 And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.
28 But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.
29 But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:
30 but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31 But he said to him, Child, *thou* art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.
32 But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.
1 众税吏和罪人， 都接近耶稣， 要听他讲道。
2 法利赛人和经学家， 纷纷议论说： "这个人接待罪人， 又和他们一起吃饭。"
3 耶稣就对他们讲了这个比喻， 说：
4 "你们中间谁有一百只羊， 失去一只， 不把九十九只留下在旷野， 去寻找那失落的， 直到找着呢？
5 既找着了， 就欢欢喜喜地放在肩上，
6 回到家里， 请朋友邻舍来， 对他们说： ‘请大家和我一同欢乐， 因为我失去的羊已经找到了！ ’
7 我告诉你们， 因为一个罪人悔改， 天上也要这样为他欢乐， 比为九十九个不用悔改的义人欢乐更大。
8 "或是一个女人， 有十个银币， 失去一个， 哪能不点上灯， 打扫屋子， 细细地找， 直到找着呢？
9 既找着了， 就请朋友邻舍来， 说： ‘请大家和我一同欢乐， 因为我失去的那个银币， 已经找到了。’
10 我告诉你们， 因为一个罪人悔改， 神的使者也必这样为他欢乐。"
11 耶稣又说： "某人有两个儿子。
12 小儿子对父亲说： ‘爸爸， 请把我应得的家业给我。’父亲就把财产分给他们两兄弟。
13 过了不多几天， 小儿子收拾一切， 到远方去了， 在那里生活放荡， 浪费钱财。
14 他花尽了一切所有的， 那地方又遇上了严重的饥荒， 就穷困起来；
15 于是他去投靠当地的一个居民。那人打发他到田里去放猪，
16 他恨不得吃猪所吃的豆荚， 可是没有人给他。
17 他醒悟过来， 说： ‘我父亲有那么多雇工， 又有丰富的食物， 我却要在这里饿死吗？
18 我要起来， 到我父亲那里去， 对他说： 爸爸， 我得罪了天， 也得罪了你，
19 不配再称为你的儿子， 把我当作一个雇工吧！ ’
20 于是他起来往父亲那里去。他还在远处时， 他父亲看见了他， 就动了慈心， 跑过去抱着他， 连连与他亲嘴。
21 儿子说： ‘爸爸， 我得罪了天， 也得罪了你， 不配再称为你的儿子。’
22 父亲却吩咐仆人说： ‘快把那最好的袍子拿来给他穿， 把戒指戴在他手上， 把鞋穿在他脚上，
23 把肥牛犊牵来宰了， 我们要吃喝快乐，
24 因为我这儿子是死而复活、失而又得的。’他们就欢乐起来。
25 "那时， 大儿子正在田里。他回来离家不远的时候， 听见音乐跳舞的声音，
26 就叫了一个仆人来， 问他这是怎么一回事。
27 仆人说： ‘你弟弟回来了， 你父亲因为他平安无恙地回来， 就宰了肥牛犊。’
28 大儿子就生气， 不肯进去； 父亲出来劝他。
29 他对父亲说： ‘你看， 我服事你这么多年， 从来没有违背过你的命令， 可是你没有给我一只山羊羔， 叫我和朋友一同欢乐。
30 但你这个儿子， 常常跟娼妓在一起， 花尽了你的财产， 他一回来， 你倒为他宰杀肥牛犊！ ’
31 父亲对他说： ‘孩子， 你常跟我在一起， 我的一切都是你的。
32 只是因为你这个弟弟是死而复活、失而又得的， 我们应该欢喜快乐。’"