Luke 15:1-9

1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to hear Yeshua.

2The Pharisees and the Torah scholars began to complain, saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

3So He told this parable to them, saying,

4“Which man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, will not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?

5When he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says, ‘Rejoice with me, for I’ve found my sheep that was lost!’

7I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one repenting sinner than over the ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”

8“Or which woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

9When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I’ve found the coin I had lost!’