Luke 15:1–10

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

15Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were drawing near to hear him. ²And both the Pharisees and the scribes were complaining, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”

³So he told them this parable, saying, ⁴“What man of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the grassland and go after the one that was lost until he finds it? ⁵And when he^* has found it,^* he places it^* on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶And when he^* returns to his^* home, he calls together his^* friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’ ⁷I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

⁸Or what woman who has ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?^{* 9}And when she^* has found it,^* she calls together her^* friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma that I had lost!’ ¹⁰In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”