Matthew 18:12

Easy To Read Version

“If a man has 100 sheep, but one of the sheep becomes lost, then the man will leave the other 99 sheep on the hill. He will go to look for the lost sheep. Right?

Cross References

1 Kings 21:17

At this time the Lord spoke to Elijah. (Elijah was the prophet from Tishbe.) {The Lord said,}

Psalm 119:176

I wandered away like a lost sheep.\par Come looking for me, Lord.\par I am your servant,\par and I have not forgotten your commands.\par

Isaiah 53:6

But \{even after he did this,\} all of us wandered away like sheep. We all went our own way. \{We did this after\} the Lord \{freed us from our guilt and\} put all our guilt on him.

Jeremiah 50:6

“My people have been like lost sheep.\par Their shepherds (leaders)\par led them the wrong way,\par Their leaders made them wander around\par in the mountains and hills.\par They forgot where their resting place is.\par

Ezekiel 34:12

If a shepherd is with his sheep when they begin to wander away, then he will go searching for them. In the same way I will search for my sheep. I will save my sheep. I will bring them back from all the places where they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day.

Ezekiel 34:16

“I will search for the lost sheep. I will bring back the sheep that were scattered. I will put bandages on the sheep that were hurt. I will make the weak sheep strong. But I will destroy those fat and powerful \{shepherds\}. I will feed them the punishment they deserve.”

Ezekiel 34:28

They won’t be caught like an animal by the nations any more. Those animals won’t eat them any more. But they will live safely. No one will make them afraid.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not made the weak strong. You have not cared for the sick sheep. You have not put bandages on the sheep that were hurt. Some of the sheep wandered away, and you did not go get them and bring them back. You did not go to look for those lost sheep. No, you were cruel and severe—that’s the way you tried to lead the sheep!

Ezekiel 34:6

My flock wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over all the face of the earth. There was no one to search or to look for them.’”

Matthew 12:11

Jesus answered, “If any of you has a sheep, and the sheep falls into a ditch on the Sabbath day, {\cf2\super [162]} then you will take the sheep and help it out of the ditch.

Matthew 18:13

And if the man finds the lost sheep, the man is happier about that one sheep than about the 99 sheep that were never lost. I tell you the truth.

Matthew 21:28

“Tell me what you think about this: There was a man that had two sons. The man went to the first son and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

Matthew 22:42

Jesus said, “What do you think about the Christ {\cf2\super [322]} ? Whose son is he?”

1 Corinthians 10:15

I am speaking to you like you are intelligent people; judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

You were like sheep that went the wrong way. But now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your lives.