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1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him. 2 And both the scribes and the Pharisees were murmuring, saying, "This Man receiveth sinners and eateth with them!" 3 And He spake to them this parable, saying, 4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave behind the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost one, until he finds it? 5 And, finding it , he places it upon his shoulders, rejoicing: 6 and, coming to his house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep, which was lost. 7 I say to you, that so there will be joy in Heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance. 8 "Or what woman, having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently, till she finds it? 9 And, having found it, she calls together her female friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me; because I found the piece which I lost!' Luke 15:1-9, Worrell New Testament. Public domain.
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