Matthew 18:12

A Conservative Version

What does it seem to you? If it happens a hundred sheep are with some man, and one of them went astray, after going (having left the ninety-nine on the mountains), does he not seek the one going astray?

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeks out his flock, in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep, and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justic

Ezekiel 34:28

And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the earth devour them, but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

Ezekiel 34:6

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill. Yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth, and there was none who searched or sought.

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way, and LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

1 Peter 2:25

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

Matthew 12:11

And he said to them, What man of you will there be, who will have one sheep, and if this falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not grasp it, and lift it out?

Jeremiah 50:6

My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting-place.

Psalm 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

Matthew 21:28

But what does it seem to you? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, Child, go work today in my vineyard.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to wise men, judge ye what I say.

Matthew 22:42

What does it seem to you about the Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him, Of David.

1 Kings 21:17

And the word of LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Ezekiel 34:4

Ye have not strengthened the diseased, nor have ye healed that which was sick, nor have ye bound up that which was broken, nor have ye brought back that which was driven away, nor have ye sought that which was lost, but ye have rul

Matthew 18:13

And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you, that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.