1 The tax collectors and sinners, however, were all crowding round to listen to him,
2 and the Pharisees and scribes complained saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'
3 So he told them this parable:
4 'Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost one, would fail to leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the missing one till he found it?
5 And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders
6 and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found my sheep that was lost."
7 In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine upright people who have no need of repentance.
8 'Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly till she found it?
9 And then, when she had found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found the drachma I lost."
10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.'
11 Then he said, 'There was a man who had two sons.
12 The younger one said to his father, "Father, let me have the share of the estate that will come to me." So the father divided the property between them.
13 A few days later, the younger son got together everything he had and left for a distant country where he squandered his money on a life of debauchery.
14 'When he had spent it all, that country experienced a severe famine, and now he began to feel the pinch;
15 so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put him on his farm to feed the pigs.
16 And he would willingly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating but no one would let him have them.
17 Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have all the food they want and more, and here am I dying of hunger!
18 I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;
19 I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired men."
20 So he left the place and went back to his father. 'While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him.
21 Then his son said, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son."
22 But the father said to his servants, "Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
23 Bring the calf we have been fattening, and kill it; we will celebrate by having a feast,
24 because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he was lost and is found." And they began to celebrate.
25 'Now the elder son was out in the fields, and on his way back, as he drew near the house, he could hear music and dancing.
26 Calling one of the servants he asked what it was all about.
27 The servant told him, "Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf we had been fattening because he has got him back safe and sound."
28 He was angry then and refused to go in, and his father came out and began to urge him to come in;
29 but he retorted to his father, "All these years I have slaved for you and never once disobeyed any orders of yours, yet you never offered me so much as a kid for me to celebrate with my friends.
30 But, for this son of yours, when he comes back after swallowing up your property -- he and his loose women -- you kill the calf we had been fattening."
31 'The father said, "My son, you are with me always and all I have is yours.
32 But it was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found." '
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St. Luke 15 is a chapter that deals with the theme of God's grace in relation to repentant sinners. In this chapter, Jesus tells three parables, the parable of the lost sheep, the parable of the lost coin and the parable of the prodigal son, to illustrate the joy in heaven when a sinner repents. Below are five verses related to these themes:
Matthew 18:12: "What does it seem to you? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is extracted, won't he let him ninety -nine in the mountains, going to look for what was extracted?" - This verse talks about the parable of the lost sheep, which is told by Jesus in Luke 15:3-7.
Luke 19:10: "For the Son of man came to seek and save what had been lost." - This verse highlights Jesus' mission to seek and save the lost, which is illustrated in the three parables of Luke 15.
1 Timothy 1:15: "This is a faithful word and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, from which I am the chief." - This verse highlights God's grace to save sinners, which is the central theme of the parables of Luke 15.
Romans 5:8: "But God proves His love to us, in which Christ died for us, we are still sinners." - This verse highlights God's grace in loving sinners to the point of sending Jesus to die for them, which is illustrated in the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11-32.
Ephesians 2:8-9: "For by grace you are saved, through faith; and this does not come from you, it is the gift of God. It does not come from the works, so that no one can glorious." - This verse points out that salvation is a gift from God, granted by grace through faith, which is illustrated in the parables of Luke 15 as a gift from God to repentant sinners.
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