Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him.

And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured among themselves, saying, This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.

And He told them this  ¹parable, saying,

Which man of you, who has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the  ¹wilderness and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

And when he finds it, he  ¹lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And when he comes into his house, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance.

Or what woman having ten  ¹silver coins, if she loses one silver coin, does not light a  ²lamp and  ³sweep the house and  ⁴seek carefully until she finds it?

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.

And He said, A certain man had two sons.

And the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the  ¹share of the estate that falls to me. And he distributed to them his  ²living.

And not many days after, the younger son, having gathered everything together, went abroad to a  ¹distant country and there squandered his estate by living  ²dissolutely.

And when he had spent all, a severe famine occurred throughout that country, and he began to be in want.

And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to  ¹feed hogs.

And he longed to be satisfied with the  ¹carob pods which the hogs were eating, and no one gave him anything.

But when he came to himself, he said,  ¹How many of my father's hired servants abound in bread, but I am perishing here in famine!

I will  ¹rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father,  ²I have sinned against heaven and before you.

I am  ¹no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your  ²hired servants.

And he rose up and came to his own father. But while he was still a long way off, his father  ¹saw him and was moved with compassion, and he  ²ran and  ³fell on his neck and kissed him affectionately.

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.

 ¹But the father said to his slaves, Bring out  ²quickly  ³the  ⁴best  ⁵robe and put it on him, and put a  ⁶ring on his hand and  ⁷sandals on his feet.

And bring the  ¹fattened calf;  ²slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry,

Because this son of mine was  ¹dead and lives again; he was  ¹lost and has been found. And they began to be merry.

Now his  ¹older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing,

And calling to him one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.

And he said to him, Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back healthy.

But he became angry and was not willing to enter. And his father came out and entreated him.

But he answered and said to his father, Behold, so many years I have been  ¹slaving for you and have never  ²neglected a command of yours, and you have never given me a goat that I might be merry with my friends;

But when this son of yours came, who devoured your  ¹living with harlots, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf.

And he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

But we had to be merry and rejoice, because this brother of yours was  ¹dead and has come to life, and he was lost and has been found.

 ¹And He said also to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a  ²steward, and this one was accused to him of squandering his possessions.

And he called him and said to him, What is this I hear concerning you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to  ¹dig; I am ashamed to  ²beg.

I know what I will do so that when I am removed from the stewardship they may  ¹receive me into their own houses.

And when he had called to him each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my master?

And he said, A hundred  ¹measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.

Then to another he said, And you, how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred  ¹measures of wheat. He said to him, Take your bill and write eighty.

And the master praised the unrighteous steward because he had acted  ¹prudently; for the  ²sons of this age are more prudent in their dealings with their own generation than the  ³sons of light.

And I say to you,  ¹Make friends for yourselves by means of the mammon of  ²unrighteousness, so that when it  ³fails, they may receive you into the  ⁴eternal tabernacles.

He who is faithful in the  ¹least is faithful also in  ¹much; and he who is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.

If therefore you have not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is  ¹true?

And if you have not become faithful in that which belongs to  ¹another, who will give to you that which is  ²your own?

No household servant can  ¹serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and  ²love the other, or he will  ²hold to one and despise the other. You cannot  ¹serve God and  ³mammon.

And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things and  ¹were sneering at Him.

And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is exalted among men is an  ¹abomination in the sight of God.

The  ¹law and the prophets were  ²until John; from that time the  ³kingdom of God is proclaimed as the  ⁴gospel, and everyone  ⁵forces his way into it.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one  ¹serif of the law to  ²fail.

Everyone who  ¹divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Now there was  ¹a certain rich man, and he clothed himself in purple and fine linen, making merry every day in splendor.

And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores

And longing to be satisfied with the things falling from the rich man's table; moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

And the beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels into  ¹Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

And in  ¹Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham from afar and Lazarus in his bosom.

And he called out and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this flame.

But Abraham said, Child, remember that in your lifetime you fully received your good things, and Lazarus likewise bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

And besides all these things, between us and you a great  ¹chasm is fixed, so that those wanting to pass from here to you cannot, neither from there to us may any cross over.

And he said, Then I ask you, Father, to send him to the house of my father —

For I have five brothers — so that he may solemnly testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.

But Abraham said, They have  ¹Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

But he said, No, Father Abraham; but if someone risen from the dead would go to them, they will repent.

But he said to him, If they do  ¹not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.