1 All the tax collectors and sinners came to listen to Jesus.
2 But the Pharisees and the experts in Moses’ Teachings complained, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 Jesus spoke to them using this illustration:
4 “Suppose a man has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the 99 sheep grazing in the pasture and look for the lost sheep until he finds it?
5 When he finds it, he’s happy. He puts that sheep on his shoulders and
6 goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says to them, ‘Let’s celebrate! I’ve found my lost sheep!’