Now the tax collectors
and sinners
were all gathering around to hear Jesus.
But the Pharisees
and the teachers of the law
complained
“This man welcomes sinners
and eats with them.”
and so the Pharisees
and the teachers of the law
complained
Then Jesus
told them this parable:
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep
and loses one of them.
Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine
in the open country
and go after the lost sheep
until he finds it?
And when he finds it,
he joyfully puts it on his shoulders
and goes home.
Then he calls his friends and neighbors together
and says,
‘Rejoice with me;
I have found my lost sheep.’
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
I have fo-o-o-o-o-und
my lost sheep!
I tell you that in the same way
there will be more rejoicing in heaven
over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine
righteous persons who do not need to repent.
‘Rejoice with me;
I have found my lost sheep.’
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
Rejoice with me;
I have fo-o-o-o-o-und
my lost sheep!
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