Matthew 18:12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the 99 on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

Cross References

1 Kings 21:17

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

Psalm 119:176

I wander like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commands.

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.

Jeremiah 50:6

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

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 cloudy and dark day.

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 animals of the land will not consume them. They will live securely, and no one will frighten them.

Ezekiel 34:4

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

Ezekiel 34:6

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

Matthew 12:11

But He said to them, “What man 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?

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

Matthew 21:28

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

Matthew 22:42

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

1 Corinthians 10:15

I am speaking as to wise people. Judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

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