Luke 15:1–10

THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP

15All^m the tax collectorsⁿ and sinners were approaching to listen to him. ²And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners^o and eats with them.”

³So he told them this parable:^{p 4}“What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them,^q does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field^B and go after the lost one until he finds it? ⁵When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, ⁶and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’ ⁷I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven^r over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.

THE PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN

⁸“Or what woman who has ten silver coins,^CD if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? ⁹When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’ ¹⁰I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels^s over one sinner who repents.”