Luke 15:3-7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

³ So He spoke this parable to them, saying: ⁴ _c "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which 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 neighbors, saying to them, _d 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep _e which was lost!' ⁷ "I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents _f than over ninety-nine ₁ just persons who _g need no repentance.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 18:12 - 14
   What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?
   1 Peter 2:25
   For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
   
2. Cross References
   Romans 12:15
   Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 19:10
   "for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
   1 Peter 2:10
   Who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
   1 Peter 2:25
   For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 5:32
   "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
   
5. Cross References
   Mark 2:17
   When Jesus heard it, He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
   

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