Study it in the app“I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes his mind than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of a change of mind.”
Accused of welcoming sinners, he answers with the parable of the lost sheepWho Jesus IsThe shepherd seeks the lost sheep, and there is joy when it is foundTurning back to GodJesus tells of a shepherd who finds his lost sheep and calls the neighbors to celebrateJoy and thanks
I tellλέγωyouὑμῖνthatὅτιin the same wayοὕτωςthere will beἔσταιmorejoyχαρὰinἐνheavenτῷ οὐρανῷoverἐπὶoneἑνὶsinnerἁμαρτωλῷwho changes his mindμετανοοῦντιthanἢoverἐπὶninety-nineἐνενήκοντα ἐννέαrighteous peopleδικαίοιςwhoοἵτινεςhaveἔχουσινnoοὐneedχρείανof a change of mind.μετανοίας
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appearsthere is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “estai” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “chara” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranōi” appearsone
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “heni” appearssinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
Where else “hamartōlōi” appearschange one's mind
Change one's mind: turn around one's way of thinking, and with it one's way of living, to return to God. It is usually translated "repent".
Where else “metanoounti” appearsninety
Ninety.
Where else “enenēkonta” appearsnine
Nine.
Where else “ennea” appearsrighteous
One who lives well, as God wants.
Where else “dikaiois” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousin” appearsneed
What is lacking, required.
Where else “chreian” appearschange of mind
Change of mind: turning around one's way of thinking and of living to return to God. It is usually translated "repentance".
Where else “metanoias” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The lost sheep
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Luke 15:4-7
4“What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he comes into the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes his mind than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of a change of mind.
12What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is going astray? 13And if it happens that he finds it, truly I tell you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 14So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
6And when he comes into the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’
7 · This verse (above)
8Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)
