Luke 15:6-20
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6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
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7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
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8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
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9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
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10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
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11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
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12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
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13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
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15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
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16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
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17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
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18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
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19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
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20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.