Luke 15

In answer to the grumbling that “this man receives sinners and eats with them,” Jesus tells three parables of lost and found. The shepherd leaves the ninety-nine to find one lost sheep, and the woman sweeps until she finds one lost coin — each ending with joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. Then comes the prodigal son, who squanders his inheritance but “comes to himself” and returns, met by a father who runs to embrace him, while the elder brother refuses to join the feast.