Luke

All Christians should find these three parables familiar, especially the parable of the lost son. Any passage that has been so frequently preached on would have long been exhausted its interpretations, but to our utter amazement, within these three parables still lie deep and profound spiritual truths that are not yet known. What we have understood previously are only fundamental, yet to touch the key meanings of these parables. If we were to conclude that Romans Chapter 9 is the most intellectually challenging passage in the Bible, then perhaps these parables could have recorded the emotions that far surpass any man can imagine or understand...

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. ~Lk 15:1-7

Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbours together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. ~Lk 15:8-10

Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" 

"Nothing," they answered. 

He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment." 

The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." 

"That is enough," he replied. ~Lk 22:35-38 ​​​​​​​