Luke 15:1–10

¹And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him; ²and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them. ³And he spoke to them this parable, saying, ⁴What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it? ⁵and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing; ⁶and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep. ⁷I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance. ⁸Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it? ⁹and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost. ¹⁰Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.