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meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
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Or else, while the other is yet a great
way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
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So likewise, whosoever he
be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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Salt
is
good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
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It is neither
fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill;
but
men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
CHAPTER 15
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
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And the Pharisees and
scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
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And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
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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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And when he hath found
it,
he layeth
it
on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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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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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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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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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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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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And he said,
A certain man had two sons:
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me
as one of thy hired servants.
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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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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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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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And bring hither the fatted calf,
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