Luke 15:1–9
1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.↗
2The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”↗
3He told them this parable:↗
4“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?↗
5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.↗
6When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’↗
7I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.↗
8“Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?↗
9When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’↗
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