The Parable of the Lost Sheep

15 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Jesus to listen to him. 2 But the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

3 So Jesus told them this parable: 4 “What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the other ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 Then he returns home and calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.