Luke:15:1-7
mnt@Luke:15:1 @ Now all the tax-gatherers and sinners continued to draw near him, and to listen to him.
mnt@Luke:15:2 @ And the Pharisees and Scribes began to complain, saying, "He is welcoming sinners and eating with them!"
mnt@Luke:15:3 @ And he told them a parable.
mnt@Luke:15:4 @ "Which one of you men, if he has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?
mnt@Luke:15:5 @ "And after he has found it, he lays it on his shoulder, rejoicing.
mnt@Luke:15:6 @ "When he gets home he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.
mnt@Luke:15:7 @ "I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.