1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”3 So he told them this parable:4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.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 that was lost.’7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Matthew 18
12 “तुम क्या समझते हो? यदि किसी मनुष्य की सौ भेड़ें हों, और उनमें से एक भटक जाए, तो क्या निन्यानवे को छोड़कर, और पहाड़ों पर जाकर, उस भटकी हुई को न ढूँढ़ेगा?13 और यदि ऐसा हो कि उसे पाए, तो मैं तुम से सच कहता हूँ, कि वह उन निन्यानवे भेड़ों के लिये जो भटकी नहीं थीं इतना आनन्द नहीं करेगा, जितना कि इस भेड़ के लिये करेगा।14 ऐसा ही तुम्हारे पिता की जो स्वर्ग में है यह इच्छा नहीं, कि इन छोटों में से एक भी नाश हो।
