Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 2016
New Testament
| 15:1 | Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. |
| 15:2 | And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them." |
| 15:3 | So He spoke this parable to them, saying: |
| 15:4 | "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?" |
| 15:5 | And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing." |
| 15:6 | And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep which was lost!'" |
| 15:7 | I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety nine just persons who need no repentance." |
| 15:8 | "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search diligently until she finds it?" |
| 15:9 | And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbors together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the piece which I lost!'" |
| 15:10 | Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." |
| 15:11 | Then He said: "A certain man had two sons." |
| 15:12 | And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood." |
| 15:13 | And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with reckless living." |
| 15:14 | But when he had spent everything, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in need." |
| 15:15 | Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine." |
| 15:16 | And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave anything to him." |
| 15:17 | "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have enough bread and to spare, and I perish with hunger!" |
| 15:18 | I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you," |
| 15:19 | and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."' |
| 15:20 | "And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him." |
| 15:21 | And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'" |
| 15:22 | "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet." |
| 15:23 | And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;" |
| 15:24 | because this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry." |
| 15:25 | "Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing." |
| 15:26 | So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant." |
| 15:27 | And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'" |
| 15:28 | "But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him." |
| 15:29 | So he replied and said to his father, 'Behold, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might be merry with my friends." |
| 15:30 | But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.'" |
| 15:31 | "And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours." |
| 15:32 | It was right that we should make merry and be glad, because that your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.'" |
King James Bible 2016
Unlike most other modern versions, this Bible's text is based upon the same Hebrew Masoretic Text, and Greek Textus Receptus, of the King James Version of 1611.
In non Textus Receptus versions, the issue of having the best underlying manuscripts, is often overshadowed by the massive amount of omissions in the text. Because the KJV 2016 is not dealing with issues of omission and addition, the focus has been upon definition, and the KJV translators choices have been used as the benchmark.
One issue not often majored upon in the bible version debate is simply the way Greek words are defined. Many times, the NKJV leans upon the definition choices of modern versions as well as defaulting to Vines and Strong's definitions, which are almost always favorable to the Revised Version. In other words, one may have a correct text to translate from, but use erroneous modern version/modern dictionary definitions which change or distort the meaning of the words. Jay Green was accused of having a good TR bible but with "Alexandrian readings".
The KJV 2016 Edition rejects such erroneous modern definitions and restores the distinctness of historical KJV readings. The NKJV also tended to gravitate toward KJV marginal notes, which are in truth, rejected readings, and also toward Geneva Bible definitions, which the KJV had already cleared up.
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