Luke 15:1-7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1 All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to Him.

2 And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!"

3 So He told them this parable:

4 "What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field ^[a] and go after the lost one until he finds it?

5 When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

6 and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because 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 99 righteous people who don't need repentance.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or the wilderness