Luke 15:7-14

⁷I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

⁸Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

⁹And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

¹⁰Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

¹¹And he said, A certain man had two sons:

¹²And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

¹³And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

¹⁴And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.