“How do you see it?” he asked them. “If a man has one hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountainside to go and find the lost one?
At one time you were like sheep wandering away, but you have now returned to the one who watches over you like a shepherd who watches over the sheep.
“Is there anyone here who would not help his sheep out of a ditch it fell into, even on the Day of Resting?” he challenged them.
“How do you see it?” he asked them. “A man with two sons came to one of his sons and said, ‘Son, will you work in my vineyard today?’
I speak to you as wisdomkeepers. You are well able to decide for yourselves if what I say is true.
“How do you see the Chosen One? Who is he descended from?” “He is the son who is descended from Much Loved One (David),” they answered.
If he finds that lost one, I speak from my heart, he will find more joy for that one than for the ninety-nine that were not lost.