Day 47 · Luke 15:1–10 · Berean Standard Bible
Joy over what was lost
Jesus answers exclusionary grumbling by showing a shepherd and a woman who refuse to treat one missing possession as disposable. Each searches until the lost item is found and then calls others into joy. The parables make God's initiative and delight vivid, while also naming repentance. They do not authorize us to sort living people into permanent categories, announce someone else's salvation status, or portray Jewish teachers as uniquely resistant to mercy.
Luke 15:1–10
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
2 So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 Then Jesus told them this parable:
4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,
6 comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
8 Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
9 And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’
10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
