Luke 15:1-9

1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

2But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

3So Jesus told them this parable:

4“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

5Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’

7I 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?

9Then 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.’