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.

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

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.

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

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–

And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.

“ Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety- nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

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

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!

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

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

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says:“ Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him 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 have no need to repent.“ Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?Then 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.’

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

and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.

“ To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following:“ This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:‘ I know your deeds, that you have a reputation that you are alive, but in reality you are dead.

They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the LORD provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.The LORD says,“ At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”The LORD says,“ A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”The LORD says to her,“ Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! For your heartfelt repentance will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the LORD, affirm it!Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the LORD, affirm it!

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

“ I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.I tell you the solemn truth, a time 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.

If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.

those whom the LORD has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.

“ See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

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

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit– twice dead, uprooted;