aSee Matt. 11:19
bch. 19:7; [Ex. 16:2, 7, 8; Num. 14:2; Josh. 9:18]
c[ch. 7:39]
dch. 5:30; Matt. 9:11; 11:19; Mark 2:16; [Acts 11:3; 1 Cor. 5:11; Gal. 2:12]
eFor ver. 4-7, [Matt. 18:12-14]
fEzek. 34:6; [1 Pet. 2:25]
g[Ex. 3:1; 1 Sam. 17:28]
hEzek. 34:4, 11, 12, 16; [ch. 19:10]
i[Isa. 40:11; 49:22; 60:4; 66:12]
j1 Pet. 2:25
kver. 10; See ch. 5:32
l[ch. 5:32; Matt. 9:13]

Luke 15:1-7

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.

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