7. I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.
8. Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?
9. and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.
10. Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.