Matthew 18:12

Modern English Version

“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search for the one which went astray?

Cross References

1 Kings 21:17

The word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:

Psalm 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out Your servant, for I forget not Your commandments.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us like sheep have gone astray; each of us has turned to his own way, but the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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 and have forgotten their resting place.

Ezekiel 34:12

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

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek that which was lost and bring back that which was driven away and 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 with judgment.

Ezekiel 34:28

They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beast of the land devour them. But they shall dwell safely and no one shall make them afraid.

Ezekiel 34:4

The diseased you have not strengthened, nor have you healed that which was sick, nor have you bound up that which was broken, nor have you brought back that which was driven away, nor have you sought that which was lost. But with force and with cruelty you have subjugated them.

Ezekiel 34:6

My sheep wandered through all the mountains and upon every high hill. Indeed, My flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and no one searched or sought after them.

Matthew 12:11

He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which never went astray.

Matthew 21:28

“What do you think? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

Matthew 22:42

“What do you think of the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.”

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to wise men. Judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

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