Matthew 18:12 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹² What do you think? If a certain man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go and search for the [one ]gone astray?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray and gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain and go in search of the one that is lost?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

Common English Bible

¹² What do you think? If someone had one hundred sheep and one of them wandered off, wouldn’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides and go in search for the one that wandered off?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² How does it seem to you? If someone has one hundred sheep, and if one of them has gone astray, should he not leave behind the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go out to seek what has gone astray?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray: doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go to seek that which is gone astray?

Matthew 18:12 Cross References

Matthew 12:11

Then He said to them, "What man is there among you who shall have one sheep, and if it should fall into a ditch on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

Matthew 18:13

And if he happens to find it, assuredly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.

Matthew 21:28

"But what do you think? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, 'Child, go, work today in my vineyard.'

Matthew 22:42

saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?"They said to Him, "David's."

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were like sheep going astray, but you have turned back now to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.