Luke 15:1–10 · BSB
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Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
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So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
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Then Jesus told them this parable:
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“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
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And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,
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comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
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I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
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Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
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And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’
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In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
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