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And when he has found
it, he lays
it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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And when he comes home, he calls together
his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
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I say unto you that likewise there shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety-nine just persons, who need no repentance.
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Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds
it?
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And when she has found
it, she calls
her friends and
her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.
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Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
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And he said, A certain man had two sons;
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and the younger of them said to
his father, Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls
to me. And he divided unto them
his living.
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And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country and there wasted his estate with riotous living.
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And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
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And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.