And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
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A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian
AD 255
Which being found Christ brings back, bearing on His shoulder the tender sinful one; and He, rejoicing and exulting, having called His friends and domestics, says, "Rejoice with me; for my sheep which was lost is found. I say "says He, "unto you, that there will be such joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth.".
I say unto you, that such joy shall be in the sight of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."