Luke 15:4-7

a What man of you, having a hundred sheep b if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine c in the open country, and d go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, e he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for f I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who g repents than over ninety-nine h righteous persons who need no repentance.

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