RYLT(i)
3 And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
4 'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?
5 and having found, he does lay it on his shoulders rejoicing,
6 and having come to the house, he does call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.
7 'I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
8 'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachma, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?
9 and having found, she does call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachma that I lost.
10 'So I say to you, joy does come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'