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“Now the tax collectors
and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the
teachers of the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’
Then
Jesus told them this parable: ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses
one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after
the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he
joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his
friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost
sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way
there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over
ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.’”
-Luke
15:1-7
“He tends his flock
like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;
he
gently leads those that have young.”
-Isaiah
40:11
