and go in search of the lost one till he finds it?
015:005 And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder,
glad at heart.
015:006 Then coming home he calls his friends and neighbours together,
and says, `Congratulate me, for I have found my sheep--
the one I had lost.'
015:007 I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven
over one repentant sinner--more rejoicing than over ninety-nine
blameless persons who have no need of repentance.
015:008 "Or what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them,
does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully
till she finds it?
015:009 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends
and neighbours, and says, "`Congratulate me, for I have found
the coin which I had lost.'
015:010 "I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence
of the angels of God over one repentant sinner."
015:011 He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.
015:012 The younger of them said to his father, "`Father, give me
the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he divided
his wealth between them.
015:013 No long time afterwards the younger son got all together
and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money
in debauchery and excess.
015:014 At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible
famine throughout that country, and he began to feel
the pinch of want.
015:015 So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants
of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;
015:016 and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine