1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were…
2So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble:…
3Then Jesus told them this parable:
4“What man among you, if he has a…
5And when he finds it, he joyfully puts…
6comes home, and calls together his friends and…
7I tell you that in the same way…
8Or what woman who has ten silver coins…
9And when she finds it, she calls together…
10In the same way, I tell you, there…
11Then Jesus said, “There was a man who…
12The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give…
13After a few days, the younger son got…
14After he had spent all he had, a…
15So he went and hired himself out to…
16He longed to fill his belly with the…
17Finally he came to his senses and said,…
18I will get up and go back to…
19I am no longer worthy to be called…
20So he got up and went to his…
21The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against…
22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick!…
23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let…
24For this son of mine was dead and…
25Meanwhile the older son was in the field,…
26So he called one of the servants and…
27‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your…
28The older son became angry and refused to…
29But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these…
30But when this son of yours returns from…
31‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father…
32But it was fitting to celebrate and be…
