The three parables of God's mercy - Luke 15:1-3 - N. T. -
The tax collectors and the sinners, meanwhile, were all seeking Jesus company to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. 'This man' they said 'welcome sinners and eats with them.' So Jesus spoke this parable to them:
Cf. - Luke 6:36 -
Cf. - Exodus 34:6-9 - O. T. - Moses called on the name of Yahweh. Yahweh passed before him and proclaimed, 'Yahweh, Yahweh, a God of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in kindness and faithfulness; for thousands he maintains his kindness, forgives faults, transgression, sin; yet he lets nothing go unchecked, punishing the father's fault in the sons and in the grandsons to the third and fourth generation.' And Moses bowed down to the ground at once and worshipped. 'If I have indeed won your favour, Lord,' he said 'let my Lord come with us, I beg. True, they are a headstrong people, but forgive us our faults and our sins, and adopt us as your heritage.'
Cf. - Hosea 2:21+, 11:8-9 - O. T. - I will betroth you to myself for ever, betroth you with integrity and justice, with tenderness and love; I will betroth you to myself with faithfulness, and you will come to know Yahweh.
Cf. - Psalms 119:176, 19:7 - O. T. - I am wandering like a lost sheep: come and look for your servant. The Law of Yahweh is perfect, new life for the soul; the decree of Yahweh is trustworthy, wisdom for the simple.
Cf. - Matthew 9:10-13 - N. T. - While Jesus was at dinner in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your master eat with tax collectors and sinners?' When he heard this he replied, 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. Go and learn the meaning of the words: What I want is mercy, not sacrifice. And indeed I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners.'
The lost sheep - Luke 15:4-7 - N. T.
'What man among you with a hundred sheep, losing one, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours? "Rejoice with me," he would say "I have found my sheep that was lost." In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need of repentance.
Cf. - Ezekiel 34:1-3 - O. T. - The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, 'Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, Shepherds, the Lord Yahweh says this: Trouble for the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shepherds ought to feed their flock, yet you have fed on milk, you have dressed yourselves in wool, you have sacrificed the fattest sheep, but failed to feed the flock.
Cf. - Matthew 18:12-14 - N. T. - Similarly, it is never the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones be lost.
Cf. - Ezekiel 34:4-6 - O. T. - You have failed to make weak sheep strong, or to care for the sick ones, or bandage the wounded ones. You have failed to bring back strays or look for the lost. On the contrary, you have ruled them cruelly and violently.
Cf. - Isaiah 40:11 - O. T. - He is like a shepherd feeding his flock, gathering lambs in his arms, holding them against his breast and leading to their rest the mother ewes.
Cf. - Luke 19:10, 1:14+ -
Cf. - Wisdom 12:2 - O. T. - Nor was it from awe of anyone that you left them unpunished for their sins. Who would venture to say, 'What have you done?' Who would dare to defy your sentence? Who arraign you for destroying nations which you have created? What champion of guilt men dare come to confront you and challenge you?
Cf. - Ezekiel 18:23; 33:11 - O. T. - What! Am I likely to take pleasure in the death of a wicked man - it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks - and not prefer to see him renounce his wickedness and live?
The lost drachma - Luke 15:8-10 - N. T.
'Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly till she found it? And then, when she had found it, call together her friends and neighbours? "Rejoice with me," she would say "I have found the drachma I lost." In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.'
Cf. - Luke 19:10 -
Cf. - Ezekiel 18:23; 33:11 - O. T. - What! Am I likely to take pleasure in the death of a wicked man - it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks - and not prefer to see him renounce his wickedness and live? Say to them, "As I live - it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks - I take pleasure not in the death of a wicked man, but in the turning back of a wicked man who changes his ways to win life. Come back, come back from your evil ways. Why are you so anxious to die, House of Israel?"
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The lost son (the 'prodigal') and the dutiful son
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Hence, these two books (The Gospel According To Apostle/Saint Luke & The Acts Of The Apostles) of the New Testament were closely associated, and being call 'a history of the rise of Christianity'. Therefore, I faithfully believe that it is utmost importance for us; all human beings to comprehend these two books, [ All the others Old Testament and New Testament books are equally importance, but as for now, we will start studying and read these two books first, that is, being call 'a history of the rise of Christianity', before continuing the other books.] to the best of our knowledge and enabling our spirit to acknowledges: "Who is God, and how, and in what ways, that is, God is with us." Amen!
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