13 ^(A)“On that day there shall be ^(B)a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

Idolatry Cut Off

² “And ^(C)on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, ^(D)I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that ^(E)they shall be remembered no more. And also ^(F)I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. ³ And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ^(G)‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

⁴ “On that day ^(H)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, ⁵ but he will say, ^(I)‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’^{[a] 6} And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’^[b] he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck

The Coming Day of the Lord

14 Behold, ^(Q)a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. ² For ^(R)I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and ^(S)the city shall be taken ^(T)and the houses plundered ^(U)and the women raped. ^(V)Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. ^3 (W)Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. ^4 (X)On that day his feet shall stand ^(Y)on ^(Z)the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and ^(AA)the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by ^(AB)a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. ⁵ And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from ^(AC)the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.^[c]

^6 (AD)On that day ^(AE)there shall be ^(AF)no light, cold, or frost.^{[d] 7 (AG)}And there shall be a unique^[e] day, ^(AH)which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but ^(AI)at evening time there shall be light.

^8 (AJ)On that day ^(AK)living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to ^(AL)the eastern sea^[f] and half of them to ^(AM)the western sea.^{[g] (AN)}It shall continue in summer as in winter.

⁹ And ^(AO)the Lord will be king over all the earth. ^(AP)On that day the Lord will be ^(AQ)one and ^(AR)his name one.

^10 (AS)The whole land shall be turned into a plain from ^(AT)Geba to ^(AU)Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But ^(AV)Jerusalem shall remain aloft ^(AW)on its site from ^(AX)the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to ^(AY)the Corner Gate, and from ^(AZ)the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. ¹¹ And it shall be inhabited, for ^(BA)there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.^{[h] (BB)}Jerusalem shall dwell in security.

¹² And this shall be ^(BC)the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

¹³ And ^(BD)on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that ^(BE)each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. ¹⁴ Even ^(BF)Judah will fight at Jerusalem.^[i] And ^(BG)the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance. ¹⁵ And ^(BH)a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.

¹⁶ Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem ^(BI)shall go up year after year to worship ^(BJ)the King, the Lord of hosts, and ^(BK)to keep ^(BL)the Feast of Booths. ¹⁷ And if ^(BM)any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship ^(BN)the King, the Lord of hosts, ^(BO)there will be no rain on them. ¹⁸ And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;^[j] there shall be ^(BP)the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up ^(BQ)to keep the Feast of Booths. ¹⁹ This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up ^(BR)to keep the Feast of Booths.

²⁰ And ^(BS)on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, ^(BT)“Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. ²¹ And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be ^(BU)holy to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And ^(BV)there shall no longer be ^(BW)a trader^[k] in the house of the Lord of hosts ^(BX)on that day.

He Heals the Brokenhearted

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

15 Now ^(A)the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. ² And the Pharisees and the scribes ^(B)grumbled, saying, ^(C)“This man receives sinners and ^(D)eats with them.”

³ So he told them this parable: ^4 (E)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, ^(F)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine ^(G)in the open country, and ^(H)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? ⁵ And when he has found it, ^(I)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for ^(J)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ ⁷ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ^(K)repents than over ninety-nine ^(L)righteous persons who need no repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

⁸ “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,^[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? ⁹ And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ ¹⁰ Just so, I tell you, there is joy before ^(M)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

The Parable of the Prodigal Son

¹¹ And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. ¹² And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me ^(N)the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided ^(O)his property between them. ¹³ Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in ^(P)reckless living. ¹⁴ And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵ So he went and hired himself out to^[b] one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶ And he ^(Q)was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

¹⁷ “But ^(R)when he ^(S)came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! ¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, ^(T)I have sinned against ^(U)heaven and before you. ^19 (V)I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ ²⁰ And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ^(W)ran and ^(X)embraced him and ^(Y)kissed him. ²¹ And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. ^(Z)I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’^{[c] 22} But the father said to his servants,^[d] ‘Bring quickly ^(AA)the best robe, and put it on him, and put ^(AB)a ring on his hand, and ^(AC)shoes on his feet. ²³ And bring ^(AD)the fattened calf and kill it, and ^(AE)let us eat and celebrate. ²⁴ For this my son ^(AF)was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

²⁵ “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶ And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. ²⁷ And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ ²⁸ But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, ²⁹ but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might ^(AG)celebrate with my friends. ³⁰ But when this son of yours came, ^(AH)who has devoured ^(AI)your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ ³¹ And he said to him, ‘Son, ^(AJ)you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. ³² It was fitting ^(AK)to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother ^(AL)was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”