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# even so
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"in the same way" or "as the shepherd and his friends and neighbors would rejoice"
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# there will be joy in heaven
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"everyone in heaven will rejoice"
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# ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent
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Jesus uses sarcasm to say that the Pharisees were wrong to think that they did not need to repent. Your language may have a different way to express this idea. Alternate translation: "ninety-nine persons like you, who think they are righteous and do not need to repent" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# ninety-nine
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"99" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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