Lukas 15:1-10

Now all the mochesim (tax-collectors) and the chote'im (sinners) were coming near Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach to listen to him. And both the Perushim and the Sofrim were grumbling, saying, This one gives a kabbalat panim reception to chote'im (sinners) and eats at tish with them. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach told them this mashal, saying, What man of you, if he has meah kevasim (a hundred sheep) and has lost from them one, does not leave the tishim vteshah (ninety-nine) in the open pasture, and go for the one which has been lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders with lev same'ach. And when he returns to his bais, he calls together his chaverim and his shchenim (neighbors), saying to them, Make a simcha with me, because I have found my keves (sheep), the one that was lost! I say to you that in the same way there will be more simcha in Shomayim over one choteh (sinner) who becomes a baal teshuva than over tishim vteshah tzaddikim who have no need of teshuva. Or what isha having asaret (ten) drachmas, if she loses one drachma, will not light a licht (light) and sweep the bais and search carefully until she finds it? And having found it, she calls together chaverim and shchenim saying, Have simcha with me, for I have found the drachma which I lost. In the same way, I say to you, there is simcha in the presence of the malachim HASHEM over one choteh (sinner) who becomes a baal teshuva.