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Luke 15:6-9 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

6. and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’

7. I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

8. “Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it?

9. And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’

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