1. Then drew near unto him all the tax collectors and sinners to hear him.
2. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
3. And he spoke this parable unto them, saying,
4. What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he finds it?
5. And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.