The KJV Bible With Strong's References:
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Luke 15
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- 15:1
Then drew
near
* unto
him
all the
publicans
and
sinners for to
hear
him.
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- 15:2
And the
Pharisees
and
scribes
murmured,
saying, This
man
*
receiveth
sinners,
and
eateth with
them.
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- 15:3
And he
spake
this
parable
unto
them,
saying,
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- 15:4
What
man
of
you,
having an
hundred
sheep,
if he
lose
one
of
them,
doth
not
leave the ninety and
nine
in the
wilderness,
and
go
after that which is
lost,
until he
find
it?
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- 15:5
And when he hath
found it, he
layeth it
on
his
shoulders,
rejoicing.
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- 15:6
And when he
cometh
*
home, he calleth
together his
friends
and
neighbours,
saying unto
them,
Rejoice with
me;
for I have
found
my
sheep
which was
lost.
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- 15:7 I
say unto
you,
that
likewise
joy shall
be
in
heaven
over
one
sinner that
repenteth, more
than
over ninety and
nine just
persons,
which
need
*
no
repentance.
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- 15:8
Either
what
woman
having
ten pieces of
silver,
if she
lose
one
piece, doth
not
light a
candle,
and
sweep the
house,
and
seek
diligently
till
she
find it?
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- 15:9
And when she hath
found it, she
calleth her
friends
and her
neighbours
together,
saying,
Rejoice with
me;
for I have
found the
piece
which I had
lost.
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- 15:10
Likewise, I
say unto
you, there
is
joy in the
presence of the
angels of
God
over
one
sinner that
repenteth.
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- 15:11
And he
said, A
certain
man
had
two
sons:
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- 15:12
And the
younger of
them
said to his
father,
Father,
give
me the
portion of
goods that
falleth to me.
And he
divided unto
them his
living.
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- 15:13
And
not
many
days
after the
younger
son
gathered
all
together, and took his
journey
into a
far
country,
and
there
wasted
his
substance with
riotous
living.
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- 15:14
And when
he had
spent
all, there
arose a
mighty
famine
in
that
land;
and
he
began to be in
want.
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- 15:15
And he
went and joined
himself
to a
citizen of
that
country;
and he
sent
him
into
his
fields to
feed
swine.
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- 15:16
And he would
fain have
filled
his
belly
with the
husks
that the
swine did
eat:
and no
man
gave unto
him.
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- 15:17
And when he
came
to
himself, he
said, How
many hired
servants of
my
father's have
bread enough and to
spare,
and
I
perish with
hunger!
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- 15:18 I will
arise and
go
to
my
father,
and will
say unto
him,
Father, I have
sinned
against
heaven,
and
before
thee,
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- 15:19
And
am no
more
worthy to be
called
thy
son:
make
me
as
one of
thy hired
servants.
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- 15:20
And he
arose, and
came
to
his
father.
But when
he was
yet a great
way
off,
his
father
saw
him,
and had
compassion,
and
ran, and
fell
on
his
neck,
and
kissed
him.
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- 15:21
And the
son
said unto
him,
Father, I have
sinned
against
heaven,
and
in
thy
sight,
and
am no
more
worthy to be
called
thy
son.
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- 15:22
But the
father
said
to
his
servants, Bring
forth the
best
robe,
and put it
on
him;
and
put a
ring
on
his
hand,
and
shoes
on his
feet:
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- 15:23
And bring
hither the
fatted
calf, and
kill it;
and let us
eat, and be
merry:
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- 15:24
For
this
my
son
was
dead,
and is alive
again
*; he
was
lost,
and is
found.
And they
began to be
merry.
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- 15:25
Now
his
elder
son
was
in the
field:
and
as he
came and drew
nigh to the
house, he
heard
musick
and
dancing.
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- 15:26
And he
called
one of the
servants, and
asked
what these
things
meant.
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- 15:27
And he
said unto
him
*,
Thy
brother is
come;
and
thy
father hath
killed the
fatted
calf,
because he hath
received
him safe and
sound.
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- 15:28
And he was
angry,
and
would
not go
in:
therefore
came
his
father
out, and
intreated
him.
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- 15:29
And he
answering
said to his
father,
Lo, these
many
years do I
serve
thee,
neither transgressed
I at any
time
thy
commandment:
and
yet
thou
never
gavest
me a
kid,
that I might make
merry
with
my
friends:
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- 15:30
But as soon
as
this
thy
son was
come,
which hath
devoured
thy
living
with
harlots, thou hast
killed for
him the
fatted
calf.
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- 15:31
And he
said unto
him,
Son,
thou
art
ever
with
me,
and
all that I
have
is
thine.
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- 15:32 It
was
meet that we should make
merry,
and be
glad:
for
this
thy
brother
was
dead,
and is alive
again;
and
was
lost,
and is
found.
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