aSee Matt. 11:19
Luke 15:1-11
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
1Now athe tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes bgrumbled, saying, c“This man receives sinners and deats with them.”3So he told them this parable: 4 e“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, fif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine gin the open country, and hgo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, ihe lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for jI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who krepents than over ninety-nine lrighteous persons who need no repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, ▼▼Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day’s wage for a laborer
if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10Just so, I tell you, there is joy before nthe angels of God over one sinner who repents.” The Parable of the Prodigal Son
11And he said, “There was a man who had two sons.
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