Matthew 18:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

What do you think?   If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered  on a day of clouds and total darkness.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost,  bring back the strays, bandage the injured,  and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy  the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

Ezekiel 34:28

They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the wild creatures of the earth will not consume them. They will live securely, and no one will frighten them.

Ezekiel 34:6

My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill.  My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.

Isaiah 53:6

We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for  the iniquity  of us all.

1 Peter 2:25

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

Matthew 12:11

He replied to them, ‘Who among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?

Jeremiah 50:6

My people were lost sheep; their shepherds led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They wandered from mountain to hill; they forgot their resting place.

Matthew 21:28

‘What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, “My son, go and work in the vineyard today.”

1 Corinthians 10:15

I am speaking as to sensible people. Judge for yourselves what I am saying.

Matthew 22:42

‘What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he? ’ They replied, ‘David’s.’

1 Kings 21:17

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite:

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the ill, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost.  Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over that sheep   more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.