1. All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him.
2. The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
3. Jesus told them this parable:
4. “Suppose someone among you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them. Wouldn’t he leave the other ninety-nine in the pasture and search for the lost one until he finds it?
5. And when he finds it, he is thrilled and places it on his shoulders.