²⁵ For “you were like sheep going astray,”^[a](A) but now you have returned to the Shepherd^(B) and Overseer of your souls.^(C)

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once^(A) for sins,^(B) the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.^(C) He was put to death in the body^(D) but made alive in the Spirit.^(E)

²⁵ He was delivered over to death for our sins^(A) and was raised to life for our justification.^(B)

¹⁰ As it is written:

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says,^(G) it says to those who are under the law,^(H) so that every mouth may be silenced^(I) and the whole world held accountable to God.^(J)

²⁰ remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save^(A) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.^(B)

³ Then Jesus told them this parable:^{(A) 4} “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?^{(B) 5} And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders ⁶ and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’^{(C) 7} I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.^(D)