1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were…
2The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This…
3He told them this parable:
4“Which of you men, if you had one…
5When he has found it, he carries it…
6When he comes home, he calls together his…
7I tell you that even so there will…
8“Or what woman, if she had ten drachma…
9When she has found it, she calls together…
10Even so, I tell you, there is joy…
11He said, “A certain man had two sons.
12The younger of them said to his father,…
13Not many days after, the younger son gathered…
14When he had spent all of it, there…
15He went and joined himself to one of…
16He wanted to fill his belly with the…
17But when he came to himself, he said,…
18I will get up and go to my…
19I am no more worthy to be called…
20“He arose and came to his father. But…
21The son said to him, ‘Father, I have…
22“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring…
23Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s…
24for this, my son, was dead and is…
25“Now his elder son was in the field.…
26He called one of the servants to him…
27He said to him, ‘Your brother has come,…
28But he was angry and would not go…
29But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many…
30But when this your son came, who has…
31“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always…
32But it was appropriate to celebrate and be…
