Lukas 15
Svenska 1917
15 Och till honom kom allt vad publikaner och syndare hette för att höra honom.
2 Men fariséerna och de skriftlärde knorrade och sade: »Denne tager emot syndare och äter med dem.»
3 Då framställde han för dem denna liknelse; han sade:
4 »Om ibland eder finnes en man som har hundra får, och han förlorar ett av dem, lämnar han icke då de nittionio i öknen och går och söker efter det förlorade, till dess han finner det?
5 Och när han har funnit det, lägger han det på sina axlar med glädje.
6 Och när han kommer hem, kallar han tillhopa sina vänner och grannar och säger till dem: 'Glädjens med mig, ty jag har funnit mitt får, som var förlorat.'
7 Jag säger eder att likaså bliver mer glädje i himmelen över en enda syndare som gör bättring, än över nittionio rättfärdiga som ingen bättring behöva.
8 Eller om en kvinna har tio silverpenningar, och hon tappar bort en av dem, tänder hon icke då upp ljus och sopar huset och söker noga, till dess hon finner den?
9 Och när hon har funnit den, kallar hon tillhopa sina väninnor och grannkvinnor och säger: 'Glädjens med mig, ty jag har funnit den penning som jag hade tappat bort.'
10 Likaså, säger jag eder, bliver glädje hos Guds änglar över en enda syndare som gör bättring.
11 Ytterligare sade han: »En man hade två söner.
12 Och den yngre av dem sade till fadern: 'Fader, giv mig den del av förmögenheten, som faller på min lott.' Då skiftade han sina ägodelar mellan dem.
13 Och icke lång tid därefter lade den yngre sonen allt sitt tillhopa och for långt bort till ett främmande land. Där levde han i utsvävningar och förfor så sin förmögenhet.
14 Men sedan han hade slösat bort allt, kom en svär hungersnöd över det landet, och han begynte lida nöd.
15 Då gick han bort och gav sig under en man där i landet, och denne sände honom ut på sina marker för att vakta svin.
16 Och han åstundade att få fylla sin buk med de fröskidor som svinen åto; men ingen gav honom något.
17 Då kom han till besinning och sade: 'Huru många legodrängar hos min fader hava icke bröd i överflöd, medan jag har förgås av hunger!
18 Jag vill stå upp och gå till min fader och säga till honom: Fader, jag har syndat mot himmelen och inför dig;
19 jag är icke mer värd att kallas din son. Låt mig bliva såsom en av dina legodrängar.'
20 Så stod han upp och gick till sin fader. Och medan han ännu var långt borta, fick hans fader se honom och ömkade sig över honom och skyndade emot honom och föll honom om halsen och kysste honom innerligt.
21 Men sonen sade till honom: 'Fader, jag har syndat mot himmelen och inför dig; jag är icke mer värd att kallas din son.'
22 Då sade fadern till sina tjänare 'Skynden eder att taga fram den yppersta klädnaden och kläden honom i den, och sätten en ring på hans hand och skor på hans fötter.
23 Och hämten den gödda kalven och slakten den, så vilja vi äta och gör oss glada.
24 Ty denne min son var död, men har fått liv igen; han var förlorad men är återfunnen.' Och de begynte göra sig glada.
25 Men hans äldre son var ute på marken. När denne nu vände tillbaka och hade kommit nära huset fick han höra spel och dans.
26 Då kallade han till sig en av tjänarna och frågade vad detta kunde betyda.
27 Denne svarade honom: 'Din broder har kommit hem; och då nu din fader har fått honom välbehållen tillbaka, har han låtit slakta den gödda kalven.'
28 Då blev han vred och ville icke gå in. Hans fader gick då ut och talade vanligt med honom.
29 Men han svarade och sade till sin fader: 'Se, i så många år har jag nu tjänat dig, och aldrig har jag överträtt något ditt bud; och lik väl har du åt mig aldrig givit ens en killing, för att jag skulle kunna göra mig glad med mina vänner.
30 Men när denne din son, som har förtärt dina ägodelar tillsammans med skökor, nu har kommit tillbaka, så har du för honom låtit slakta den gödda kalven.'
31 Då sade han till honom: 'Min son, du är alltid hos mig, och all mitt är ditt.
32 Men nu måste vi fröjda oss och vara glada; ty denne din broder var död, men har fått liv igen, han var förlorad, men är återfunnen.'»
Luke 15
The Voice
15 Jesus became increasingly popular among notorious sinners—tax collectors and other social outcasts. 2 The Pharisees and religious scholars noticed this.
Pharisees and Religious Scholars: This man welcomes immoral people and enjoys their company over a meal!
Jesus (with another parable): 3-4 Wouldn’t every single one of you, if you have 100 sheep and lose one, leave the 99 in their grazing lands and go out searching for the lost sheep until you find it? 5 When you find the lost sheep, wouldn’t you hoist it up on your shoulders, feeling wonderful? 6 And when you go home, wouldn’t you call together your friends and neighbors? Wouldn’t you say, “Come over and celebrate with me, because I’ve found my lost sheep”? 7 This is how it is in heaven. They’re happier over one sinner who changes his way of life than they are over 99 good and just people who don’t need to change their ways of life.
8 Or imagine a woman who has 10 silver coins. She loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the whole house, and search diligently until that coin is found? 9 And when she finds it, doesn’t she invite her friends and neighbors and say, “Celebrate with me! I’ve found that silver coin that I lost”? 10 Can’t you understand? There is joy in the presence of all God’s messengers over even one sinner who changes his way of life.
11 Once there was this man who had two sons. 12 One day the younger son came to his father and said, “Father, eventually I’m going to inherit my share of your estate. Rather than waiting until you die, I want you to give me my share now.” And so the father liquidated assets and divided them. 13 A few days passed and this younger son gathered all his wealth and set off on a journey to a distant land. Once there he wasted everything he owned on wild living. 14 He was broke, a terrible famine struck that land, and he felt desperately hungry and in need. 15 He got a job with one of the locals, who sent him into the fields to feed the pigs. 16 The young man felt so miserably hungry that he wished he could eat the slop the pigs were eating. Nobody gave him anything.
17 So he had this moment of self-reflection: “What am I doing here? Back home, my father’s hired servants have plenty of food. Why am I here starving to death? 18 I’ll get up and return to my father, and I’ll say, ‘Father, I have done wrong—wrong against God and against you. 19 I have forfeited any right to be treated like your son, but I’m wondering if you’d treat me as one of your hired servants?’” 20 So he got up and returned to his father. The father looked off in the distance and saw the young man returning. He felt compassion for his son and ran out to him, enfolded him in an embrace, and kissed him.
21 The son said, “Father, I have done a terrible wrong in God’s sight and in your sight too. I have forfeited any right to be treated as your son.”
22 But the father turned to his servants and said, “Quick! Bring the best robe we have and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet. 23 Go get the fattest calf and butcher it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate 24 because my son was dead and is alive again. He was lost and has been found.” So they had this huge party.
25 Now the man’s older son was still out in the fields working. He came home at the end of the day and heard music and dancing. 26 He called one of the servants and asked what was going on. 27 The servant said, “Your brother has returned, and your father has butchered the fattest calf to celebrate his safe return.”
28 The older brother got really angry and refused to come inside, so his father came out and pleaded with him to join the celebration. 29 But he argued back, “Listen, all these years I’ve worked hard for you. I’ve never disobeyed one of your orders. But how many times have you even given me a little goat to roast for a party with my friends? Not once! This is not fair! 30 So this son of yours comes, this wasteful delinquent who has spent your hard-earned wealth on loose women, and what do you do? You butcher the fattest calf from our herd!”
31 The father replied, “My son, you are always with me, and all I have is yours. 32 Isn’t it right to join in the celebration and be happy? This is your brother we’re talking about. He was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found again!”
Luke 15
New International Version
The Parable of the Lost Sheep(A)
15 Now the tax collectors(B) and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”(C)
3 Then Jesus told them this parable:(D) 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?(E) 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’(F) 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.(G)
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’(H) 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”(I)
The Parable of the Lost Son
11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.(J) 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’(K) So he divided his property(L) between them.
13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth(M) in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.(N) 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned(O) against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.(P)
21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.(Q) I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe(R) and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger(S) and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again;(T) he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.(U)
25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
28 “The older brother became angry(V) and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property(W) with prostitutes(X) comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”(Y)
Footnotes
- Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas, each worth about a day’s wages
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