“Who sought after the lost sheep and the lost piece of silver? Was it not the loser? But who was the loser? Was it not he who once possessed them? Who, then, was that? Was it not he to whom they belonged? Since, then, man is the property of none other than the Creator, He possessed Him who owned him; He lost him who on…”
Tertullian, 3th c. — Against Marcion Book IV
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1Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
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— Luke 15:1 —
2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.