¹⁶ And ^(A)the scribes of^[a] the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, ^(B)“Why does he eat^[b] with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹⁰ For ^(A)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

¹¹ The Pharisee, ^(A)standing by himself, prayed^{[a] (B)}thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

¹⁵ The ^(A)spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.

⁹ Then a great clamor arose, and some of ^(A)the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, ^(B)“We find nothing wrong in this man. What ^(C)if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”

⁷ And when they saw it, they all ^(A)grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

Do Not Grow Weary

^3 (A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^(B)fainthearted.

² And the Pharisees and the scribes ^(A)grumbled, saying, ^(B)“This man receives sinners and ^(C)eats with them.”

³ So he told them this parable: ^4 (D)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, ^(E)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine ^(F)in the open country, and ^(G)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? ⁵ And when he has found it, ^(H)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for ^(I)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ ⁷ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ^(J)repents than over ninety-nine ^(K)righteous persons who need no repentance.