6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours 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 people 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 neighbours 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.