6. and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’
7. I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
8. “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
9. And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
10. In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
11. Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.
12. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.