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## Luke 15:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/luke/15/1) Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/luke/15/2) And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/luke/15/3) ¶ And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
 
 [4 ](/kjv/luke/15/4) What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
 
 [5 ](/kjv/luke/15/5) And when he hath found *it*, he layeth *it* on his shoulders, rejoicing.
 
[Luke 14](/kjv/luke/14) [Luke 16](/kjv/luke/16)

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