5. And when you find it, you will be very happy. You will carry it
6. home, go to your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me because I found my lost sheep!’
7. In the same way, I tell you, heaven is a happy place when one sinner decides to change. There is more joy for that one sinner than for 99 good people who don’t need to change.
8. “Suppose a woman has ten silver coins, but she loses one of them. She will take a light and clean the house. She will look carefully for the coin until she finds it.
9. And when she finds it, she will call her friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me because I have found the coin that I lost!’
10. In the same way, it’s a happy time for the angels of God when one sinner decides to change.”
11. Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.