SCRIPTURE
Luke 15: 1-10
“Rejoice
with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost”
1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 2
And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, "This fellow
welcomes sinners and eats with them." 3 So he told them this
parable: 4 "Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing
one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the
one that is lost until he finds it? 5 When he has found it, he lays
it on his shoulders and rejoices. 6 And when he comes home, he calls
together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have
found my sheep that was lost.' 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be
more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous
persons who need no repentance. 8 "Or what woman having ten
silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house,
and search carefully until she finds it? 9 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.' 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy
in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."