The Parable of the Sheep

1He is the shepherd who left behind the ninety-nine sheep that were not lost. He went and searched for the one that was lost. He rejoiced when he found it, because ninety-nine is a number expressed with the left hand. However, when the one is found, the numerical sum moves to the right hand. In this way, what needs the one—that is, the whole right hand—draws what it needs, takes it from the left hand, and moves it to the right, so that the number becomes one hundred. This is a symbol of the sound of these numbers; this is the Father.

2Even on the Sabbath, he worked for the sheep he found fallen in the pit. He saved the sheep’s life by bringing it up from the pit, so that you may know in your hearts—you are children of the knowledge of the heart—what the Sabbath is, on which it is not right for salvation to be idle. Then you may speak of the day above, which has no night, and of the light that does not set, because it is complete. Speak, then, from the heart, because you are the completed day, and the light that does not cease dwells within you. Speak of the Truth with those who search for it, and of knowledge with those who have sinned in their Error.