Matthew 18:12 - Tree of Life Version

¹² “What do you think? If a certain man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go looking for the one that is straying?

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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?

Matthew 18:12 Cross References

1 Kings 21:17

Then the word of the Adonai came to Elijah the Tishbite saying:

Psalm 119:176

I have strayed like a lost sheep— seek Your servant. For I did not forget Your mitzvot.

Isaiah 53:6

We all like sheep have gone astray. Each of us turned to his own way. So Adonai has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds led them astray. Turning around in the mountains, they went from mountain to hill, and forgot their resting place.

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeks out his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will seek out My sheep. I will rescue them out of all the places where they have been scattered, on a day of cloud and thick darkness.

Ezekiel 34:16

“I will seek the lost, bring back the stray, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will tend them with justice.

Ezekiel 34:28

They will no longer be prey to the nations. The beast of the earth will not devour them. They will live in security. No one will make them afraid.

Ezekiel 34:4

You do not strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring back the stray or seek the lost. Instead, you have ruled over them with force and cruelty.

Ezekiel 34:6

My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Over all the face of the earth My sheep were scattered. No one searched. No one sought.”

Matthew 12:11

He said to them, “What man among you will not grab his sheep and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on Shabbat?

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, amen I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t stray.

Matthew 21:28

“Now what do you think? A man had two sons, and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go work in the vineyard today.’

Matthew 22:42

saying, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” “David’s,” they say to Him.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to sensible people—judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

For you like sheep were going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.