[15:1] One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus,
[15:2] the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law started grumbling, “This man welcomes outcasts and even eats with them!”
[15:3] So Jesus told them this parable:
[15:4] “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them—what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it.
[15:5] When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders
[15:6] and carry it back home. Then you call your friends and neighbors together and say to them, ‘I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!’
[15:7] In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.