Luke 15:4-11

⁴“Imagine a man who had a hundred sheep lost one of them. Wouldn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture, and search for the one that's lost until he finds it?

⁵When he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders.

⁶Once he gets home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Come and celebrate with me! I've found my lost sheep!’

⁷I tell you that there's more joy in heaven over a sinner that repents than over ninety-nine good people who don't need to repent.

⁸Imagine a woman who has ten silver coins, and loses one of them. Wouldn't she light a lamp and sweep the house, carefully searching until she finds it?

⁹When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Come and celebrate with me! I've found the silver coin that I lost.’

¹⁰I tell you there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner that repents.

¹¹Once there was a man who had two sons,” Jesus explained.