The lost sheep
and the lost coin
15 1Tax collectors and sinners were seeking the company of Jesus, all of them eager to hear what he had to say. 2But the Pharisees and the scribes frowned at this, muttering: 
—This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. 
3So Jesus told them this parable:
4—Who among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, will not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and seek out the lost one till he finds it? 5And finding it, willhe not joyfully carry it home on his shoulders? 6Then he will call his friends and neighbors together and say: ‘Celebrate with me for I have found my lost sheep.’ 7I tell you, just so, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine upright who do not need to repent.

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