Luke 15:1-16

¹And publicans and sinful men were nighing to him, to hear him.

²And the Pharisees and scribes grutched, saying, For this man receiv-eth sinful men, and eateth with them.

³And he spake to them this parable, and said,

⁴What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he hath lost one of them, whether he leaveth not ninety and nine in desert, and goeth to it that perished, till he find it?

⁵And when he hath found it, he joyeth, and layeth or putteth it on his shoulders;

⁶and he cometh home, and calleth together his friends and neighbours, and saith to them, Be ye glad with me, for I have found my sheep, that had perished or I had lost.

⁷And I say to you, so joy shall be in heaven on one sinful man doing penance, more than on ninety and nine just, that have no need to or of penance.

⁸Or what woman having ten bezants or ten drachmas, and if she hath lost one bezant or one drachma, whether she tendeth not or lighteth not a lantern, and turneth upside-down the house, and seeketh diligently, till she find it?

⁹And when she hath found, she calleth together friends and neighbours, and saith, Be ye glad with me, for I have found the bezant or the drachma that I had lost.

¹⁰So I say to you, joy shall be before the angels of God on one sinful man doing penance.

¹¹And he said, A man had two sons;

¹²and the younger of them said to the father or to his father, Father, give me the portion of chattel or substance that falleth to me. And he parted to them the chattel or the substance.

¹³And not after many days, when all things were gathered together, the younger son went forth in pilgrimage into a far country; and there he wasted his goods or his substance in living lecherously.

¹⁴And after that he had ended all things, a strong hunger was made in that country, and he began to have need.

¹⁵And he went, and drew him to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his town, to feed swine or hogs.

¹⁶And he coveted to fill his womb of the pods that the hogs ate, and no man gave to him.