5 And when he finds it, the man is very happy. He puts it on his shoulders
6 and goes home. He calls to his friends and neighbors and says, ‘Be happy with me because I found my lost sheep!’
7 In the same way, I tell you there is much joy in heaven when 1 sinner changes his heart. There is more joy for that 1 sinner than there is for 99 good people who don’t need to change.
8 “Suppose a woman has ten silver coins, but she loses one of them. She will light a lamp and clean the house. She will look carefully for the coin until she finds it.
9 And when she finds it, she will call her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me because I have found the coin that I lost!’
10 In the same way, there is joy before the angels of God when 1 sinner changes his heart.”
11 Then Jesus said, “A man had two sons.