1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”3 So he told them this parable:4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Matthew 18
12 Ce credeţi? Dacă un om are o sută de oi şi se rătăceşte una dintre ele, nu lasă el pe cele nouăzeci şi nouă în munţi şi se duce să o caute pe cea rătăcită?13 Şi dacă i se întâmplă s-o găsească, adevărat vă spun, că se bucură mai mult pentru ea, decât pentru cele nouăzeci şi nouă, care nu se rătăciseră.14 Tot aşa, nu este voia Tatălui vostru celui din ceruri să piară măcar unul din aceşti micuţi.
