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| Jesus eats with sinners and publicans by Alexandre Bida, 1875. [PD-US] |
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain,
saying,
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So to them he addressed this parable.
“What man among you having a hundred sheep and
losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds it?
And when he does find it,
he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
and, upon his arrival home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors and
says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost
sheep.’
I tell you, in just the same way
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance.
“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one
would not light a lamp and sweep the house,
searching carefully until she finds it?
And when she does find it,
she calls together her friends and neighbors
and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin
that I lost.’
In just the same way, I tell you,
there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.”
Luke
15:1-10
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