33 So whosoever of you does not forsake all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

34 Salt is a good thing; But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be corrected?

35 It is not good for earth or dung; throw it away. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!

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1 All the publicans and sinners drew near to him to hear him.

2 And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, He receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

3 But he said to them this parable,

4 Who of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, will not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost one until he finds it?

5 And when he finds it, he will take it on his shoulders with joy

6 And when he came home, he called together his friends and neighbors, and said to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.'

7 I say unto you, that thus in heaven there shall be more joy over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of repentance.

8 Or what woman, having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a candle, and sweep the room, and search carefully until she finds,

9 And when he has found it, he will call together his friends and neighbors, and say, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the lost coin.'

10 Thus, I say unto you, there is joy among the angels of God, even over one sinner that repenteth.

11 And he said, 'A certain man had two sons;

12 And the youngest of them said to his father, 'Father, forgive them! Give me the next *me* part of the estate. And *father* divided the property with them.

13 And it came to pass, after a few days, that the younger son gathered up all things, and went to a far country, and there he squandered his possessions, living in dissoluteness.

14 And when he had lived all things, there came a great famine in that country, and he began to be in need;

15 And he went, and joined one of the inhabitants of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine;

16 And he was glad to fill his belly with the horns which the swine had eaten, but no one gave it to him.

17 And when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have bread in abundance, and I am dying of hunger;