路加福音 15

迷羊的比喻

（太18．12－14）

1 许多税吏和罪人都挨近耶稣，要听他讲道。 2 法利赛人和文士私下议论说：“这个人接纳罪人，又同他们吃饭。”

3 耶稣就用比喻对他们说： 4 “你们中间谁有一百只羊，失去其中的一只，不把这九十九只留在旷野，去找那失去的羊，直到找着呢？ 5 找到了，他就欢欢喜喜地把羊扛在肩上。 6 他回到家里，请朋友和邻舍来，对他们说：‘你们和我一同欢喜吧，我失去的羊已经找到了！’ 7 我告诉你们，一个罪人悔改，在天上也要这样为他欢喜，比为九十九个不用悔改的义人欢喜还大呢！”

失钱的比喻

8 “同样，哪一个妇人有十块钱t，若失落一块，不点上灯，打扫屋子，细细地找，直到找着呢？ 9 找到了，她就请朋友和邻舍来，对她们说：‘你们和我一同欢喜吧，我失落的那块钱已经找到了！’ 10 我告诉你们，一个罪人悔改，上帝的使者也是这样为他欢喜。”

浪子的比喻

11 耶稣又说：“一个人有两个儿子。 12 小儿子对父亲说：‘父亲，请你把我应得的家业分给我。’他父亲就把财产分给他们。 13 过了不多几天，小儿子把他一切所有的都收拾起来，往远方去了。在那里，他任意放荡，浪费钱财。 14 他耗尽了一切所有的，又恰逢那地方有大饥荒，就穷困起来。 15 于是他去投靠当地的一个居民，那人打发他到田里去放猪。 16 他恨不得拿猪所吃的豆荚充饥，也没有人给他什么吃的。 17 他醒悟过来，就说：‘我父亲有多少雇工，粮食有余，我倒在这里饿死吗？ 18 我要起来，到我父亲那里去，对他说：父亲！我得罪了天，又得罪了你， 19 从今以后，我不配称为你的儿子，把我当作一个雇工吧。’ 20 于是他起来，往他父亲那里去。相离还远，他父亲看见，就动了慈心，跑去拥抱着他，连连亲他。 21 儿子对他说：‘父亲！我得罪了天，又得罪了你，从今以后，我不配称为你的儿子。’ 22 父亲却吩咐仆人：‘快把那上好的袍子拿出来给他穿，把戒指戴在他指头上，把鞋穿在他脚上， 23 把那肥牛犊牵来宰了，我们来吃喝庆祝； 24 因为我这个儿子是死而复活，失而复得的。’他们就开始庆祝。

25 “那时，大儿子正在田里。他回来，离家不远时，听见奏乐跳舞的声音， 26 就叫一个僮仆来，问是什么事。 27 僮仆对他说：‘你弟弟回来了，你父亲因为他无灾无病地回来，把肥牛犊宰了。’ 28 大儿子就生气，不肯进去，他父亲出来劝他。 29 他对父亲说：‘你看，我服侍你这么多年，从来没有违背过你的命令，而你从来没有给我一只小山羊，叫我和朋友们一同快乐。 30 但你这个儿子和娼妓吃光了你的财产，他一回来，你倒为他宰了肥牛犊。’ 31 父亲对他说：‘儿啊！你常和我同在，我所有的一切都是你的； 32 可是你这个弟弟是死而复活，失而复得的，所以我们理当欢喜庆祝。’”

LUKE 15

One Sheep

(Matthew 18.12-14)

1  t Tax collectorst and sinners were all crowding around to listen to Jesus.

2 So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses started grumbling, “This man is friendly with sinners. He even eats with them.”

3 Then Jesus told them this story:
4 If any of you has 100 sheep, and one of them gets lost, what will you do? Won't you leave the 99 in the field and go look for the lost sheep until you find it? 5 And when you find it, you will be so glad that you will put it on your shoulder

6 and carry it home. Then you will call in your friends and neighbors and say, “Let's celebrate! I've found my lost sheep.”

7 Jesus said, “In the same way there is more happiness in heaven because of one sinner who turns to God than over 99 good people who don't need to.”

One Coin

8 Jesus told the people another story:
What will a woman do if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them? Won't she light a lamp, sweep the floor, and look carefully until she finds it?

9 Then she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, “Let's celebrate! I've found the coin I lost.”

10 Jesus said, “In the same way God's angels are happy when even one person turns to him.”

Two Sons

11 Jesus told them yet another story:
Once a man had two sons.

12 The younger son said to his father, “Give me my share of the property.” So the father divided his property between his two sons.
13 Not long after that, the younger son packed up everything he owned and left for a foreign country, where he wasted all his money in wild living.

14 He had spent everything, when a bad famine spread through that whole land. Soon he had nothing to eat.
15 He went to work for a man in that country, and the man sent him out to take care of his pigs.t

16 He would have been glad to eat what the pigs were eating, t but no one gave him a thing.
17 Finally, he came to his senses and said, “My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death! 18 I will go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you.

19 I am no longer good enough to be called your son. Treat me like one of your workers.’ ”

20 The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.

21 The son said, “Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. I am no longer good enough to be called your son.”
22 But his father said to the servants, “Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandalst for his feet. 23 Get the best calf and prepare it, so we can eat and celebrate.

24 This son of mine was dead, but has now come back to life. He was lost and has now been found.” And they began to celebrate.
25 The older son had been out in the field. But when he came near the house, he heard the music and dancing.

26 So he called one of the servants over and asked, “What's going on here?”
27 The servant answered, “Your brother has come home safe and sound, and your father ordered us to kill the best calf.”

28 The older brother got so angry that he would not even go into the house.
His father came out and begged him to go in. 29 But he said to his father, “For years I have worked for you like a slave and have always obeyed you. But you have never even given me a little goat, so that I could give a dinner for my friends.

30 This other son of yours wasted your money on prostitutes. And now that he has come home, you ordered the best calf to be killed for a feast.”
31 His father replied, “My son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we should be glad and celebrate! Your brother was dead, but he is now alive. He was lost and has now been found.”