9. When she finds it, she calls her women friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost! ’
10. I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
11. He also said: “A man had two sons.
12. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets to them.
13. Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.