From :
The Geneva Bible
New Testament ,
The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Luke Chapter 15
1 The parable of the lost sheep.
8 Of the groat.
12 And of the prodigal son.
1 Then (*) resorted unto (1) him (a) all the
Publicans and sinners, to hear him.
(*) Or, drew near.
(1) We must not despair of them, which have
gone out of the way, but according to the example
of Christ, we must take great pains about them.
(a) Some Publicans and sinners came to Christ
from all quarters.
2 Therefore the Pharisees and Scribes murmured,
saying, He receiveth sinners, and eateth with
them.
3 Then spake he this parable to them, saying,
4 (*) What man of you having a hundred sheep, if
he lose one of them, doeth not leave ninety and
nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is
lost, until he find it?
(*) Matthew 18:12 .
5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his
shoulders with joy.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together
his friends and neighbors, saying unto them,
Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep
which was lost.
7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in
heaven for one sinner that converteth, more
than for ninety and nine (*) just men, which need
none amendment of life.
(*) Which justify themselves, and know not their
own faults.
8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver,
if she lose one piece, doeth not light a candle, and
sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find
it?
9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her
friends, and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me,
for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10 Likewise I say unto you, there is joy in the
presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner
that converteth.
11 ¶ (2) He said moreover, A certain man had
two sons.
(2) Men by their voluntary falling from God,
having spoiled themselves of the benefits which
they received of him, cast themselves headlong
into infinite calamities; but God of his singular
goodness, offering himself freely to them, whom
he called to repentance, through the greatness of
their misery wherewith they were tamed, doeth
not only gently receive them, but also enricheth
them with far greater gifts, and blesseth them
with the chiefest bliss.
12 And the younger of them said to his father,
Father, give me the (*) portion of the goods that
falleth to me. So he divided unto them his
substance.
(*) This declareth that we ought not to desire to
have our portion separate from God except we
will lose all.
13 So not many days after, when the younger son
had gathered all together, he took his journey into
a far country, and there he wasted his goods with
(*) riotous living.
(*) The Greek word signifieth, so to waste all that
a man reserveth nothing to himself.
14 Now when he had spent all, there arose a great
dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in
necessity.
15 Then he went and clave to a citizen of that
country, and he sent him to his farm, to feed
swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the
husks that the swine ate, (*) but no man gave
them him.
(*) For no man had pity upon him.
17 (3) Then he came to himself, and said, How
many hired servants at my father's have bread
enough, and I die for hunger?
(3) The beginning of repentance is the
acknowledging of the mercy of God, which
stirreth us to hope well.
18 I will rise and go to my father, and say unto
him, Father, I have sinned against (b) heaven, and
before thee.
(b) Against God, because he is said to dwell in
heaven.
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son;
make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 So he arose and came to his father, and when
he was yet a (*) great way off, his father saw
him, and had compassion, and ran and fell on his
neck, and kissed him.
(*) God preventeth us and heareth our groanings
before we cry to him.
21 (4) And the son said unto him, (*) Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and
am no more worthy to be called thy son.
(4) In true repentance there is a settling of our
sins joined with sorrow and shame, from whence
springeth a confession, after which followeth
forgiveness.
(*) He was touched with the feeling of his sin and
therefore was ashamed thereof, and heavy in
heart.
22 Then the father said to his servants, Bring
forth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a
ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
23 And bring the fat calf, and kill him, and let us
eat, and be merry;
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again;
and he was lost, but he is found. And they began
to be merry.
25 (5) Now the (*) elder brother was in the field,
and when he came and drew near to the house,
he heard melody, and dancing,
(5) Such as truly fear God, desire to have all men
to be their fellows.
(*) God reproveth the envy of such as grudge
when God receiveth sinners to mercy.
26 And called one of his servants, and asked
what those things meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come,
and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because
he hath received him safe and sound.
28 Then he was angry, and would not go in,
therefore came his father out and entreated him.
29 But he answered, and said to his father, Lo,
these many years have I done thee service,
neither brake I at anytime thy commandment, and
yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make
merry with my friends.
30 But when this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy goods with harlots, thou hast for his
sake killed the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, (*) Son thou art ever
with me, and all that I have, is thine. It was meet
that we should make merry, and be glad; for this
thy brother was dead, and is alive again, and he
was lost, but he is found.
(*) Thy part, which are a Jew, is nothing
diminished by that which Christ was also killed for
the Gentiles; for he accepteth not the person but
feedeth indifferently all them that believe in him,
with his body and blood to life everlasting.
Gospel of Luke with Footnotes :
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Geneva Bible With Footnotes
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
Calvin
http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/entire.html
