Luke 15:1-11

1 Then resorted vnto him all ye publicas and synners for to heare him.

2 And the pharises and scribes murmured sayinge: He receaved to his copany synners and eateth with them.

3 Then put he forthe this similitude to the sayinge:

4 What man of you havynge an hundred shepe yf he loose one of thee doth not leve nynty and nyne in the wyldernes and goo after yt which is loost vntyll he fynde him?

5 And whe he hath founde him he putteth him on his shulders with ioye:

6 And assone as he cometh home he calleth to gedder his lovers and neghbours sayinge vnto them: reioyse with me for I have founde my shepe which was loost.

7 I say vnto you yt lyke wyse ioye shalbe in heven over one synner yt repenteth moore then over nynety and nyne iuste persons whiche nede noo repentauce.

8 Ether what woman havynge .x. grotes yf she loose one doth not lyght a candell and swepe ye housse and seke diligently tyll she fynde it?

9 And when she hath founde it she calleth her lovers and her neghbours sayinge: Reioyce wt me for I have founde the groate which I had loost.

10 Lykwyse I saye vnto you ioye is made in ye presence of ye angels of god over one synner yt repenteth.

11 And he sayde: a certayne man had two sonnes