Quotes About Redemption

ëSir,í the man replied, ëleave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,

And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ëBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.í”

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

And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ëRejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!í

In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.

The younger son said to him, ëFather, give me my share of the estate.í So he divided his property between them.

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.Ӓ

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

The son declared, ëFather, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.í

But the father said to his servants, ëQuick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!í So they began to celebrate.

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!í

But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.í”

ëA hundred measures of olive oil,í he answered. ëTake your bill,í said the manager. ëSit down quickly, and write fifty.í

Then he asked another, ëAnd how much do you owe?í ëA hundred measures of wheat,í he replied. ëTake your bill and write eighty,í he told him.