5. Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6. Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
7. I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.
8. “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?
9. Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’
10. In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
11. Then Jesus said, “A man had two sons.
12. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.