NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 4

Luke 15:4

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“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

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Luke 15:1–7

1

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

2

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

3

He told them this parable:

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“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

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When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

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When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

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I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

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