The Prodigal Son

And he said, `A certain man had two sons, — read the full passage →

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to <FI>me<Fi> , and he divided to them the living.

And he said, `A certain man had two sons,

`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

and the son said to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

And Pharaoh turneth aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and putteth it on the hand of Joseph, and clotheth him <FI>with<Fi> garments of fine linen, and placeth a chain of gold on his neck,

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

But the first-born, son of the hated one, he doth acknowledge, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he <FI>is<Fi> the beginning of his strength; to him <FI>is<Fi> the right of the first-born.

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine; — read the full passage →

but when thy son--this one who did devour thy living with harlots--came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;

and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing! — read the full passage →

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying--This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

`Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

And we are as unclean--all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf--all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee,

And he said, `A certain man had two sons, — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

and having brought the fatted calf, kill <FI>it<Fi> , and having eaten, we may be merry,

`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

for all, out of their abundance, put in, but she, out of her want, all that she had put in--all her living.'

And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

in which they think it strange--your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back, — read the full passage →

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet; — read the full passage →

and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

And he said, `A certain man had two sons, — read the full passage →

And he answereth and speaketh unto those standing before him, saying: `Turn aside the filthy garments from off him.' And he saith unto him, `See, I have caused thine iniquity to pass away from off thee, so as to clothe thee with costly apparel.'

For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

and they have turned <FI>it<Fi> back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely--we have done wickedly;

among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath--as also the others,

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

`Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find? — read the full passage →

From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where <FI>is<Fi> thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.

And you--being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh--He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

for if the casting away of them <FI>is<Fi> a reconciliation of the world, what the reception--if not life out of the dead?

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep--the lost one.

and having found, he doth lay <FI>it<Fi> on his shoulders rejoicing,

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →

Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy <FI>with<Fi> iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons--corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.

A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city--God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding--

and he said to him--Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;

then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

In Thy doing fearful things--we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow.

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

And Joab cometh unto the king, and declareth <FI>it<Fi> to him, and he calleth unto Absalom, and he cometh unto the king, and boweth himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king giveth a kiss to Absalom.

And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,

and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;