And when the people saw it, they all complained, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’