9 When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Let’s celebrate! I’ve found the coin that I lost.’
10 So I can guarantee that God’s angels are happy about one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts.”
11 Then Jesus said, “A man had two sons.
12 The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the property.’ So the father divided his property between his two sons.
13 “After a few days, the younger son gathered his possessions and left for a country far away from home. There he wasted everything he had on a wild lifestyle.
14 He had nothing left when a severe famine spread throughout that country. He had nothing to live on.
15 So he got a job from someone in that country and was sent to feed pigs in the fields.