1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

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1 Timothy 1:15, 1 Timothy 1:15, Matthew 9:10, Matthew 9:13, Luke 5:29

2The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."

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Matthew 9:11, Matthew 9:11, Luke 7:39, Luke 19:7, Luke 7:39

3He told them this parable.

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4"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

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Ezekiel 34:16, Ezekiel 34:16, Ezekiel 34:11, Ezekiel 34:12, Luke 19:10

5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

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Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 12:2, Micah 7:18, Isaiah 40:10, Isaiah 40:11

6When 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!'

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Luke 15:10, Luke 15:10, Luke 15:24, Luke 15:24, 1 Peter 2:25

7I 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.

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Luke 5:32, Luke 5:32, Luke 15:10, Luke 15:10, Luke 15:32

8Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

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Ezekiel 34:12, Ezekiel 34:12, Luke 19:10, Luke 19:10, John 10:16

9When 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.'

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Luke 15:6, Luke 15:7, Luke 15:6, Luke 15:7

10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."

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Luke 15:7, Luke 15:7, Ezekiel 33:11, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Ezekiel 33:11

11He said, "A certain man had two sons.

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Matthew 21:23, Matthew 21:31, Matthew 21:23, Matthew 21:31

12The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.

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Deuteronomy 21:16, Deuteronomy 21:17, Deuteronomy 21:16, Deuteronomy 21:17, Mark 12:44

13Not 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.

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Proverbs 29:3, Jeremiah 2:5, Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 29:3, Jeremiah 2:5

14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

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2 Chronicles 33:11, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Amos 8:9, Amos 8:12, Amos 8:9

15He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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Titus 3:3, Titus 3:3, 2 Timothy 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:26, 2 Timothy 2:25

16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

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Romans 6:19, Romans 6:21, Romans 6:19, Romans 6:21, Lamentations 4:5

17But 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!

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Ezekiel 18:28, Ezekiel 18:28, Ephesians 2:4, Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 2:4

18I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

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Lamentations 3:40, Lamentations 3:40, Luke 15:21, 1 John 1:8, 1 John 1:10

19I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'

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Job 42:6, Job 42:6, Luke 5:8, Psalms 84:10, James 4:8

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, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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Psalms 103:10, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 103:10, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 86:5

21The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

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Psalms 51:4, Psalms 51:4, Luke 15:18, Luke 15:19, Luke 15:18

22"But the father said to his servants, 'Quickly, bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

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Revelation 6:11, Revelation 6:11, Genesis 41:42, Esther 8:2, Genesis 41:42

23Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

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Isaiah 25:6, Matthew 22:2, Matthew 22:14, Isaiah 25:6, Matthew 22:2

24for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

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Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 2:5, Ezekiel 34:16, Ezekiel 34:16, Colossians 2:13

25"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

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Psalms 150:4, Psalms 150:4, Psalms 126:1, Luke 7:32, Jeremiah 31:4

26He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

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27He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'

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Philemon 1:16, Acts 22:13, Acts 9:17, Luke 15:30, Philemon 1:16

28But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

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1 Samuel 18:8, Jonah 4:9, 1 Samuel 18:8, Jonah 4:9, Genesis 4:5

29But 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.

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Luke 18:11, Luke 18:12, Luke 18:11, Luke 18:12, Luke 17:10

30But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

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Luke 15:12, Luke 15:13, Proverbs 29:3, Luke 15:12, Luke 15:13

31"He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

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Romans 9:4, Romans 9:4, Mark 7:27, Mark 7:28, Mark 7:27

32But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

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Luke 15:24, Luke 15:24, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 2:1