1 Meanwhile tax collectors and sinners were seeking the company of Jesus, all of them eager to hear what he had to say.
2 But the Pharisees and the scribes frowned at this, muttering. "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
4 "Who among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, will not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and seek out the lost one till he finds it?
5 And finding it, will he not joyfully carry it home on his shoulders?
6 Then he will call his friends and neighbors together and say: 'Celebrate with me for I have found my lost sheep.'
7 I tell you, just so, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine upright who do not need to repent.
8 What woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one, will not light a lamp and sweep the house in a thorough search till she finds the lost coin?
9 And finding it, she will call her friends and neighbors and say: 'Celebrate with me for I have found the silver coin I lost!'
10 I tell you, in the same way there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner."
11 Jesus continued, "There was a man with two sons.
12 The younger said to his father: 'Give me my share of the estate.' So the father divided his property between them.
13 Some days later, the younger son gathered all his belongings and started off for a distant land where he squandered his wealth in loose living.
14 Having spent everything, he was hard pressed when a severe famine broke out in that land.
15 So he hired himself out to a well-to-do citizen of that place and was sent to work on a pig farm.
16 So famished was he that he longed to fill his stomach even with the food given to the pigs, but no one offered him anything.
17 Finally coming to his senses, he said: 'How many of my father's hired workers have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
18 I will get up and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against God and before you.
19 I no longer deserve to be called your son. Treat me then as one of your hired servants.' With that thought in mind he set off for his father's house.
20 He was still a long way off when his father caught sight of him. His father was so deeply moved with compassion that he ran out to meet him, threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.
21 The son said: 'Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you. I no longer deserve to be called your son...'
22 But the father turned to his servants: 'Quick! Bring out the finest robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
23 Take the fattened calf and kill it. We shall celebrate and have a feast,
24 for this son of mine was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and is found.' And the celebration began.
25 Meanwhile, the elder son had been working in the fields. As he returned and was near the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing.
26 He called one of the servants and asked what it was all about.
27 The servant answered: 'Your brother has come home safe and sound, and your father is so happy about it that he has ordered this celebration and killed the fattened calf.'
28 The elder son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and pleaded with him.
29 The indignant son said: 'Look, I have slaved for you all these years. Never have I disobeyed your orders. Yet you have never given me even a young goat to celebrate with my friends.
30 Then when this son of yours returns after squandering your property with loose women, you kill the fattened calf for him.'
31 The father said: 'My son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
32 But this brother of yours was dead, and has come back to life. He was lost and is found. And for that we had to rejoice and be glad.'"
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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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