1 Aproximavam-se de Jesus todos os publicanos e pecadores para o ouvir.

2 Os fariseus e os escribas murmuravam: Este recebe pecadores e come com eles.

3 Jesus propôs-lhes esta parábola:

4 Qual de vós é o homem que, possuindo cem ovelhas e tendo perdido uma delas, não deixa as noventa e nove no deserto, e não vai em busca da que se havia perdido até achá-la?

5 Quando a tiver achado, põe-na cheio de júbilo sobre os seus ombros;

6 e chegando à casa, reúne os seus amigos e vizinhos e diz-lhes: Regozijai-vos comigo, porque achei a minha ovelha que se havia perdido.

7 Digo-vos que assim haverá maior júbilo no céu por um pecador que se arrepende, do que por noventa e nove justos, que não necessitam de arrependimento.

8 Ou qual é a mulher que, tenho dez dracmas e perdendo uma, não acende a candeia, não varre a casa e não a procura diligentemente até achá-la?

9 Quando a tiver achado, reúne as suas amigas e vizinhas, dizendo: Regozijai-vos comigo, porque achei a dracma que eu tinha perdido.

10 Assim, digo-vos, há júbilo na presença dos anjos de Deus por um pecador que se arrepende.

11 Continuou: Um homem tinha dois filhos.

12 Disse o mais moço a seu pai: Meu pai, dá-me a parte dos bens que me toca. Ele repartiu os seus haveres entre ambos.

13 Poucos dias depois o filho mais moço, ajuntando tudo o que era seu, partiu para um país longínquo, e lá dissipou todos os seus bens, vivendo dissolutamente.

14 Depois de ter consumido tudo, sobreveio àquele país uma grande fome, e ele começou a passar necessidades.

15 Foi encostar-se a um dos cidadãos daquele país, e este o mandou para os seus campos guardar porcos.

16 Ali desejava ele fartar-se das alfarrobas que os porcos comiam, mas ninguém lhas dava.

17 Caindo, porém, em si, disse: Quantos jornaleiros de meu pai têm pão com fartura, e eu aqui estou morrendo de fome!

18 Levantar-me-ei, irei a meu pai e dir-lhe-ei: Pai, pequei contra o céu e diante de ti:

19 já não sou digno de ser chamado teu filho; trata-me como um dos teus jornaleiros.

20 Levantando-se, foi para seu pai. Estando ele ainda longe, seu pai viu-o e teve compaixão dele e, correndo, o abraçou e beijou.

21 Disse-lhe o filho: Pai, pequei contra o céu e diante de ti; já não sou digno de ser chamado teu filho.

22 O pai, porém, disse aos seus servos: Trazei-me depressa a melhor roupa e vesti-lha, e ponde-lhe um anel no dedo e sandálias nos pés;

23 trazei também o novilho cevado, matai-o, comamos e regozijemo-nos,

24 porque este meu filho era morto e reviveu, estava perdido e se achou. E começaram a regozijar-se.

25 Seu filho mais velho estava no campo; quando voltou e foi chegando à casa, ouviu a música e a dança:

26 e chamando um dos criados, perguntou-lhe que era aquilo.

27 Este lhe respondeu: Chegou teu irmão, e teu pai mandou matar o novilho cevado, porque o recuperou com saúde.

28 Ele se indignou, e não queria entrar; e saindo seu pai, procurava conciliá-lo.

29 Mas ele respondeu a seu pai: Há tantos anos que te sirvo, sem jamais transgredir uma ordem tua, e nunca me deste um cabrito para eu me regozijar com os meus amigos;

30 mas quando veio este teu filho, que gastou os teus bens com meretrizes, tu mandaste matar para ele o novilho cevado.

31 Replicou-lhe o pai: Filho, tu sempre estás comigo, e tudo o que é meu é teu;

32 entretanto cumpria regozijarmo-nos e alegrarmo-nos, porque este teu irmão era morto e reviveu, estava perdido e se achou.

1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. 2 The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."

3 He told them this parable: 4 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? 5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ 7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

8 "Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it? 9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’ 10 Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."

11 He said, "A certain man had two sons. 12 The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood between them. 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living. 14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any. 17 But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. 19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."’

20 "He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

22 "But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate; 24 for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

25 "Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 He called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on. 27 He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’ 28 But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and begged him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

31 "He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’"