The Parable of the Lost Sheep
(Matthew 18:10–14)
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus. 1Ti 1:15Mat 9:10-13Luk 5:29-32Mat 21:28-31Ezk 18:27Rom 5:20Luk 13:30Luk 7:29 So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Mat 9:11Luk 19:7Luk 7:39Luk 5:30Act 11:3Gal 2:12Luk 7:34Luk 15:29-30
Then Jesus told them this parable: “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? Ezk 34:16Ezk 34:11-12Mat 18:12-14Luk 19:101Pe 2:25Psa 119:176Ezk 34:31Isa 53:6 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, Heb 12:2Isa 40:10-11Isa 46:3-4Luk 19:9Mic 7:18Eph 2:3-6Ezk 18:23Isa 53:10-11 comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ Luk 15:10Luk 15:241Pe 2:25Psa 119:176Act 11:23Jhn 15:14Jhn 3:291Pe 2:10 In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent. Luk 15:10Luk 5:32Luk 15:32Mat 18:13Pro 30:12Luk 18:9-11Php 3:6-7Luk 16:15
The Parable of the Lost Coin
Or what woman who has ten silver coins 1and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it? Ezk 34:12Luk 19:10Jhn 10:16Jhn 11:52Eph 2:17 And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’ Luk 15:6-7 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.” Luk 15:7Ezk 33:112Co 7:10Ezk 18:23Luk 13:5Ezk 18:32Mat 18:14Act 11:18
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
(Deuteronomy 21:18–21)
Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. Mat 21:23-31 The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. Deu 21:16-17Mrk 12:44Luk 15:30Psa 17:14Psa 16:5-6
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. Jer 2:5Pro 21:17Pro 29:3Pro 23:19-22Ecc 11:9-10Luk 15:30Luk 16:1Luk 16:19
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. 2Ch 33:11Ezk 16:27Amo 8:9-12Hos 2:9-14 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. Tit 3:32Ti 2:25-26Isa 1:52Ch 28:22Eph 2:2-3Isa 57:17Jer 31:18-19Jer 5:3 He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing. Rom 6:19-21Hos 12:1Isa 44:20Isa 55:2Isa 57:3Jon 2:2-8Lam 4:5Psa 142:4
Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death! Ezk 18:28Eph 2:4-5Luk 15:18-19Eph 5:14Act 16:29-30Act 26:11-19Tit 3:4-6Act 2:37 I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. Lam 3:401Jn 1:8-10Luk 15:21Jer 50:4-5Luk 18:13Psa 51:3-5Mat 6:14Hos 2:6-7 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ Job 42:6Psa 84:101Pe 5:6Jas 4:8-10Gen 32:10Jos 9:24-25Luk 5:81Co 15:9
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. Psa 103:10-13Psa 86:5Psa 86:15Eph 2:13Deu 30:2-4Gen 46:29Isa 49:15Gen 33:4
The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. 2’ Psa 51:4Luk 15:18-191Co 8:12Jer 3:13Rom 2:4Psa 143:2Ezk 16:63
But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Est 8:2Gen 41:42Isa 61:10Rev 6:11Est 3:10Rev 19:8Rev 7:9Zec 3:3-5 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. Mat 22:2-14Isa 25:6Psa 63:5Gen 18:7Isa 65:13-14Pro 9:2 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate. Eph 2:5Ezk 34:16Luk 19:10Col 2:13Luk 15:4Eph 2:1Luk 15:32Rom 6:11
Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing. Jer 31:4Psa 150:42Sa 6:14Ecc 3:4Exo 15:20Luk 15:11-12Luk 7:32Psa 126:1 So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.
‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’ Act 22:13Act 9:17Luk 15:30Phm 1:16
The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him. 1Sa 18:8Gen 4:5-7Jon 4:9Luk 15:2Isa 65:5Jon 4:1-4Luk 13:34Luk 7:39
But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. Luk 15:7Luk 18:11-12Mal 3:14Zec 7:31Jn 1:8-101Sa 15:13-14Isa 65:5Luk 17:10 But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ Luk 15:12-13Pro 29:3Luk 15:32Luk 18:11Exo 32:11Exo 32:7Luk 15:22-23
‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours. Mrk 7:27-28Rom 11:1Rom 9:4Mat 20:13-16Luk 19:22-23Rom 11:35 But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’” Eph 2:1-10Luk 15:24Isa 35:10Rom 3:4Psa 51:8Jon 4:10-11Rom 15:9-13Hos 14:9