Matthew 18:10-14 - The Parable Of The Lost Sheep

¹⁰ Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven. ¹¹ [] ¹² What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one? ¹³ And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way. ¹⁴ Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

¹ Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him. ² And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

³ And he made a story for them, saying, ⁴ What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is? ⁵ And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy. ⁶ And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away. ⁷ I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.