Luke 15:1-7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1 Now ¹the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

2 And the Pharisees and the scribes ²grumbled, saying, ³"This man receives sinners and ⁴eats with them."

3 So he told them this parable:

4 ⁵"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, ⁶if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine ⁷in the open country, and ⁸go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

5 And when he has found it, ⁹he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for ¹⁰I have found my sheep that was lost.'

7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ¹¹repents than over ninety-nine ¹²righteous persons who need no repentance.

Cross References

• 1. See Matthew 11:19
• 2. Luke 19:7; [Ex. 16:2, 7, 8; Numbers 14:2; Joshua 9:18]
• 3. [Luke 7:39]
• 4. Luke 5:30; Matthew 9:11; Matthew 11:19; Mark 2:16; [Acts 11:3; 1 Corinthians 5:11; Galatians 2:12]
• 5. For ver. 4-7, [Matthew 18:12-14]
• 6. Ezekiel 34:6; [1 Peter 2:25]
• 7. [Exodus 3:1; 1 Samuel 17:28]
• 8. Ezek. 34:4, 11, 12, 16; [Luke 19:10]
• 9. [Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 60:4; Isaiah 66:12]
• 10. 1 Peter 2:25
• 11. ver. 10; See Luke 5:32
• 12. [Luke 5:32; Matthew 9:13]