The Lost Sheep

Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.  And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

And he made a story for them, saying,  What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?  And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with ...