^4 (A)“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one^(B) until he finds it?^{(C) 5} And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy ⁶ and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ ⁷ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.^(D)