Luke 15:6 (DRB)

Passage

And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

Nearby Context

Luke 15:4 What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it?

Luke 15:5 And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing?

Luke 15:6 And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

Luke 15:7 I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.

Luke 15:8 Or what woman having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find it?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "coming", "home", "call", "together", "friends", "neighbours", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "coming", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And when he hath found it lay..." into verse 7's "I say to you that even so...", so "sheep" and "coming" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sheep" and "coming" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.