Luke 14
25Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,
26"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
30saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
31Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
33So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
34"Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
35It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Luke 15
1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
3So he told them this parable:
4"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'
7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
8"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
9And 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.'
10Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
11And he said, "There was a man who had two sons.
12And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them.
13Not 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 reckless living.
14And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need.
15So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
17"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
18I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
19I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants."'
20And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
21And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
22But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
23And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.
24For this my son 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.
26And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
27And 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.'
28But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,
29but 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 celebrate with my friends.
30But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
31And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"