Them all the tax collectors and the
sinners drew near to Him to hear
Him. And the Pharisees and scribes com
plained, saying, This Man receives sin-
ners and eats with them. So He spoke this
parable to them, saying.
Luke15:1-7
What man of you, having a hundred
sheep, if he loses one of them, does not
leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness,
and go after the one which is lost until he
finds it? And when he has found it, he lays
Iton his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he
comes home, he calls together his friends
and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice
with me,
for I have found my sheep which
was lost! I say to you that likewise there
will be more joy in heaven over one sin-
ner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.