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Now tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to him, so that they might listen to him. |
15:2 |
And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This one accepts sinners and eats with them.” |
15:3 |
And he told this parable to them, saying: |
15:4 |
“What man among you, who has one hundred sheep, and if he will have lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the one whom he had lost, until he finds it? |
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And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. |
15:6 |
And returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: ‘Congratulate me! For I have found my sheep, which had been lost.’ |
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I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent. |
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Or what woman, having ten drachmas, if she will have lost one drachma, would not light a candle, and sweep the house, and diligently search until she finds it? |
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And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying: ‘Rejoice with me! For I have found the drachma, which I had lost.’ |
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So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant.” |