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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Luke 14
³⁵ It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Luke 15
¹ Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him.
² Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
³ So He told them this parable, saying,
⁴ "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
⁵ 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 which was lost!’
⁷ I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
⁸ "Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
⁹ When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ’Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!’
¹⁰ In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."