For 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。」

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.

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 when we were dead in transgressions— it is by grace you have been saved.

When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,

“ 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?

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

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.’”

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

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

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

This is why it is said:“ Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

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

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

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.“ Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says,‘ Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’

Jesus said to her,“ I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

“ To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord— the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well- watered garden, and they will sorrow no more.Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord.This is what the Lord says:“ A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”This is what the Lord says:“ Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord.“ They will return from the land of the enemy.So there is hope for your descendants,” declares the Lord.“ Your children will return to their own land.

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

“ Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

and those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.

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

And Israel said,“ I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

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

For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance.”

These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm— shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted— twice dead.