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Los cobradores de impuestos y otros pecadores de mala fama a menudo venían a escuchar las enseñanzas de Jesús. Por eso los fariseos y los maestros de la ley religiosa se quejaban de que Jesús se juntaba con semejantes pecadores, ¡y hasta comía con ellos! Entonces Jesús les contó la siguiente historia: «Si un hombre tiene cien ovejas y una de ellas se pierde, ¿qué hará? ¿No dejará las otras noventa y nueve en el desierto y saldrá a buscar la perdida hasta que la encuentre? Y, cuando la encuentre, la cargará con alegría en sus hombros y la llevará a su casa. Cuando llegue, llamará a sus amigos y vecinos y les dirá: “Alégrense conmigo porque encontré mi oveja perdida”. De la misma manera, ¡hay más alegría en el cielo por un pecador perdido que se arrepiente y regresa a Dios que por noventa y nueve justos que no se extraviaron! (Lucas 15:1-7 NTV)

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