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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Luke 15
²⁸ But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.
²⁹ But he answered and said to his father, ’Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;
³⁰ but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
³¹ And he said to him, ’Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.
³² But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’"
Luke 16
¹ Now He was also saying to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.
² And he called him and said to him, ’What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
³ The manager said to himself, ’What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
⁴ I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’
⁵ And he summoned each one of his master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ’How much do you owe my master?’
⁶ And he said, ’A hundred measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ’Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’