Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
all the tax -gatherers
and the
sinners were coming
nigh
to him,
to hear
him,
Now
all the tax collectors
and sinners were gathering
around
to listen
to Jesus.
and
the Pharisees and the
scribes were
murmuring,
saying
--
This one
doth
receive
sinners ,
and doth
eat
with them. '
So
the Pharisees and scribes began
to
grumble:
“
This man
welcomes
sinners and eats
with them. ”
And
he
spake
unto
them this simile,
saying,
Then
Jesus
told
them this parable:
`
What man of
you having
a hundred sheep ,
and having
lost
one out
of them, doth
not leave behind
the ninety-nine in the wilderness,
and go on
after the lost
one, till
he may
find
it?
“
What man among
you ,
if
he
has
a hundred sheep and loses
one of them, does
not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture
and go after the one that
is
lost
, until
he finds
it?
and having
found
, he doth
lay
`
it '
on his shoulders rejoicing
,
And when
he
finds
it
, he joyfully
puts
it on his shoulders,
and
having
come
to
the
house
, he
doth
call
together the
friends and the
neighbours,
saying
to them, Rejoice with me, because
I found my sheep
--
the
lost one.
comes
home
, and
calls
together his
friends and neighbors
to tell
them, ‘
Rejoice with me, for
I have
found my lost sheep!’
`
I say
to
you ,
that so
joy
shall
be in the
heaven over one sinner reforming,
rather
than over ninety-nine righteous men,
who have
no
need of
reformation
.
In
the
same
way,
I tell
you that there
will
be more
joy
in heaven over one sinner who
repents
than over ninety-nine righteous ones
who do
not
need to
repent
.
`
Or what woman having
ten drachms,
if
she
may
lose
one drachm,
doth
not light a lamp, and
sweep the
house, and seek
carefully till
that
she may
find
?
Or what woman who
has
ten silver
coins
and
loses
one of
them
does
not light a lamp, sweep her
house, and search
carefully until
she finds
it
?
and having
found
, she doth
call
together the
female
friends and the
neighbours,
saying
, Rejoice with me, for I found the
drachm
that
I
lost.
And when
she
finds
it
, she calls
together her
friends and neighbors
to
say
, ‘
Rejoice with me, for I have
found my
lost coin
. ’
`So
I say
to
you, joy doth
come
before
the messengers
of God
over one sinner reforming
. '
In
the
same
way,
I tell
you, there
is
joy in
the presence
of God’s
angels
over one sinner who
repents
. ”
And
he
said, `
A certain
man had two sons ,
Then
Jesus
said, “There
was
a man who
had two sons .
and
the younger of
them
said to the
father
, Father, give me the
portion
of the substance
falling
to
`me',
and
he divided to
them the
living
.
The younger son
said to him
, ‘
Father, give me my
share
of the estate.’
So
he divided his
property
between
them.
`And
not
many
days
after ,
having
gathered
all
together
, the younger son went
abroad
to a far
country, and
there
he scattered
his substance,
living riotously;
After a
few
days
, the younger son got
everything
together
and
journeyed
to a distant
country, where
he squandered
his wealth
in
wild
living .
and
he having
spent all, there
came
a mighty
famine on
that country, and himself
began to be in want;
After
he had
spent all he
had
, a severe
famine swept
through
that country, and he
began to be in need.
and
having
gone
on,
he joined
himself to one
of
the
citizens
of that country, and
he
sent him to
the
fields to feed swine,
So
he went
and
hired
himself out
to a
citizen
of that country, who
sent him into
his
fields to feed the
pigs.
and
he was
desirous
to fill his belly from
the husks
that
the swine
were eating, and
no one was
giving
to
him.
He longed
to fill his belly with
the pods
the pigs
were eating, but
no one would
give
him a
thing
.
`And
having
come
to
himself,
he said, How many hirelings
of my father
have a
superabundance
of bread,
and
I
here with
hunger
am perishing
!
Finally
he came
to
his
senses
and
said, ‘
How many of my father’s
hired
servants
have plenty
of food?
But
here I
am ,
starving
to
death
!
having
risen,
I will go on
unto
my father ,
and will
say to him, Father, I did
sin
--
to
the
heaven ,
and before
thee,
I will get
up
and
go back
to
my father and say to him, “
Father, I have
sinned
against
heaven and against
you.
and
no
more
am
I worthy to be called thy
son ;
make me as
one of thy
hirelings
.
I am
no
longer
worthy to be called your
son .
Make me like
one of your
hired
servants
. ”’
`And
having
risen,
he went unto
his own
father ,
and
he being
yet
far
distant
, his father saw him ,
and was moved
with compassion ,
and
having
ran
he fell
upon
his neck
and kissed him ;
So
he got
up
and
went to
his father .
But
while
he was
still
in
the
distance
, his father saw him and was filled
with compassion .
He ran
to
his son,
embraced
him,
and kissed him .
and
the son said
to
him
, Father, I did
sin
--
to
the
heaven ,
and before
thee,
and
no
more
am
I worthy to be called thy
son.
The son declared
, ‘
Father, I have
sinned
against
heaven and against
you.
I am
no
longer
worthy to be called your
son. ’
`And
the father said unto
his servants, Bring forth
the first
robe ,
and clothe
him ,
and
give
a ring for
his hand,
and sandals for
the
feet ;
But
the father said to
his servants, ‘Quick!
Bring the best
robe and put
it
on
him .
Put
a ring on
his finger
and sandals on
his
feet .
and
having
brought
the fatted
calf ,
kill `
it ',
and having
eaten,
we
may
be
merry,
Bring
the fattened
calf and
kill it .
Let
us
feast
and celebrate.
because
this my
son was dead ,
and did
live
again ,
and
he was lost ,
and was
found ;
and
they began to be
merry
.
For
this son of
mine
was dead and is
alive
again !
He was lost and is
found !’
So
they began to celebrate
.
`And
his
elder
son was in a
field, and as ,
coming,
he drew
nigh
to
the house, he heard music and dancing ,
Meanwhile
the
older
son was in the
field, and as he approached
the house, he heard music and dancing .
and
having
called near
one of the young
men,
he
was
inquiring
what these
things
might
be,
So
he
called one of the servants
and
asked
what was
going
on.
and
he said to
him
--
Thy
brother
is
arrived
, and thy
father did
kill
the fatted
calf, because in
health
he did
receive
him back.
‘Your
brother
has
returned,’
he said, ‘
and your
father has
killed
the fattened
calf, because he has
him back safe
and
sound
. ’
`And
he
was
angry ,
and would
not
go in ,
therefore
his father ,
having
come
forth,
was
entreating
him ;
The
older
son
became
angry and refused
to
go in .
So
his father came
out
and
pleaded
with
him .
and
he answering
said
to
the
father, Lo
, so
many
years I do
serve
thee,
and never thy
command
did
I
transgress,
and
to
me
thou
didst
never give
a kid,
that
with my friends I
might
make
merry;
But
he answered
his
father, ‘Look
, all
these
years I have
served
you
and never disobeyed
a
commandment
of
yours.
Yet
you
never gave
me
even
a young
goat
so
I
could
celebrate
with my friends .
but when thy
son
--
this one
who
did
devour
thy
living
with harlots
--
came
, thou
didst
kill to
him
the fatted
calf .
But when this son
of
yours
returns
from
squandering
your
wealth
with prostitutes
, you
kill the fattened
calf for
him!’
`And
he
said
to
him,
Child
, thou
art
always with me, and all my
things
are
thine;
‘Son
, you
are
always with me, ’
the
father
said,
‘
and all that
is
mine
is
yours.
but to be
merry,
and to
be glad, it
was
needful,
because this thy
brother was dead ,
and did
live
again ,
he was lost ,
and was
found. '
But it
was
fitting
to celebrate
and be glad, because this brother of
yours
was dead and is
alive
again ;
he was lost and is
found. ’”
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