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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Luke 15
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."
¹¹ And He said, "A man had two sons.
¹² The younger of them said to his father, ’Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them.
¹³ And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.
¹⁴ Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
¹⁵ So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
¹⁶ And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.