Matthew 18:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Let me ask you this. What would you do if you had a hundred sheep and one of them wandered off? Wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and look for the one that had wandered away?

Cross References

1 Kings 21:17

The LORD said to Elijah the prophet,

Psalm 119:176

I am your servant, but I have wandered away like a lost sheep. Please come after me, because I have not forgotten your teachings.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us were like sheep that had wandered off. We had each gone our own way, but the LORD gave him the punishment we deserved.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people, you are lost sheep abandoned by their shepherds in the mountains. You don't even remember your resting place.

Ezekiel 34:12

just as a shepherd looks for lost sheep. My sheep have been lost since that dark and miserable day when they were scattered throughout the nations. But I will rescue them

Ezekiel 34:16

to look for those that are lost and bring back the ones that wander off, to bandage those that are hurt and protect the ones that are weak. I will also slaughter those that are fat and strong, because I always do right.

Ezekiel 34:28

Foreign nations will never again rob them, and wild animals will no longer kill and eat them. They will have nothing to fear.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have never protected the weak ones or healed the sick ones or bandaged those that get hurt. You let them wander off and never look for those that get lost. You are cruel and mean to my sheep.

Ezekiel 34:6

So my sheep were scattered across the earth. They roamed on hills and mountains, without anyone even bothering to look for them.

Matthew 12:11

Jesus answered, “If you had a sheep that fell into a ditch on the Sabbath, wouldn't you lift it out?

Matthew 18:13

I am sure that finding it would make you happier than having the ninety-nine that never wandered off.

Matthew 21:28

Jesus said: I will tell you a story about a man who had two sons. Then you can tell me what you think. The father went to the elder son and said, “Go and work in the vineyard today!”

Matthew 22:42

“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose family will he come from?” They answered, “He will be a son of King David.”

1 Corinthians 10:15

I am speaking to you as people who have enough sense to know what I am talking about.

1 Peter 2:25

You had wandered away like sheep. Now you have returned to the one who is your shepherd and protector.