The Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹Now zthe tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. ²And the Pharisees and the scribes agrumbled, saying, b“This man receives sinners and ceats with them.”

³So he told them this parable: ⁴d“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, eif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine fin the open country, and ggo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? ⁵And when he has found it, hhe 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 iI have found my sheep that was lost.’ ⁷Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who jrepents than over ninety-nine krighteous persons who need no repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

⁸“Or what woman, having ten silver coins,1 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 lthe angels of God over one sinner who repents.”