Catholic Public Domain Version

Luke 15:6-11 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

6. And returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: 'Congratulate me! For I have found my sheep, which had been lost.'

7. I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.

8. Or what woman, having ten drachmas, if she will have lost one drachma, would not light a candle, and sweep the house, and diligently search until she finds it?

9. And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying: 'Rejoice with me! For I have found the drachma, which I had lost.'

10. So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant."

11. And he said: "A certain man had two sons.