because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

因为我这个儿子是死而复活，失而又得的。’他们就快乐起来。

因为我这个儿子是死而复活，失而复得的。’他们就开始庆祝。

因为我这个儿子是死而复活，失而复得的。’他们就开始庆祝。

因我这儿子是死而复活、失而复得的。’于是他们欢宴庆祝。

因为我这儿子是死而复活、失而又得的。’他们就欢乐起来。

因为我这个儿子是死而复生、失而复得的。’于是他们开始庆祝。

因為我這個兒子是死而復活，失而又得的。』他們就快樂起來。

因為我這個兒子是死而復活，失而復得的。』他們就開始慶祝。

因為我這個兒子是死而復活，失而復得的。』他們就開始慶祝。

因我這兒子是死而復活、失而復得的。』於是他們歡宴慶祝。

因為我這兒子是死而復活、失而又得的。’他們就歡樂起來。

因為我這個兒子死又再活了；失掉又得着了。」他們就歡躍起來。

因為我這個兒子是死而復生、失而復得的。』於是他們開始慶祝。

蓋我此子、死而復生、亡而復得者也、眾遂樂焉、

蓋此子、死而復生、失而又得者也、其父與眾共樂、

因我此子、死而復生、失而又得也、遂與眾同樂、

蓋吾兒死而復生、失而復得矣。」

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

This son of mine was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.

for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!

And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses.

“ What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.

For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died.And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.“ Or what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying,‘ Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’

Jesus said to her,“ I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.

And do not offer any parts of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness.

“ Write to the angel of the church in Sardis: Thus says the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the LORD’s goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.Then the young women will rejoice with dancing, while young and old men rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy, give them consolation, and bring happiness out of grief.I will refresh the priests with an abundance, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness. This is the LORD’s declaration.This is what the LORD says: A voice was heard in Ramah, a lament with bitter weeping— Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more.This is what the LORD says: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come— this is the LORD’s declaration— and your children will return from the enemy’s land.There is hope for your future— this is the LORD’s declaration— and your children will return to their own territory.

For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

“ Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.“ Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

and the ransomed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

They came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

“ See to it that you don’t despise one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of my Father in heaven.

Then Israel said,“ Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing at all will harm you.

so that you may nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breast and drink deeply and delight yourselves from her glorious breasts.

These people are dangerous reefs at your love feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn— fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.