Luke 15:3

1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.

2 So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Then Jesus told them this parable:

4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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Then Jesus told them this parable:
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And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
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And he spake unto them this parable, saying,
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And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
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And He spoke to them this parable, saying,
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Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study