Luke [White-light] 15:7-14

⁷I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who does teshuvah ·turn repent·, than over ninety-nine upright people who need no teshuvah ·complete repentance·.

⁸Or what woman, if she had ten drachma est. 0.35 oz; est. 10 g coins, if she lost one drachma est. 0.035 oz; est. 1 g coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

⁹When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma est. 0.035 oz; est. 1 g which I had lost.’

¹⁰Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner making teshuvah ·complete repentance·.”

¹¹He said, “A certain man had two sons.

¹²The younger of them said to his father, ‘Abba ·Father familiar, Dear Dad·, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.

¹³Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

¹⁴When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.