And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, {\cf6 They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.}\par
I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, {\i more} than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.\par
let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and {\i yet} thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.\par
Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
And he said unto them, {\cf6 Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Jud\'e6a, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.