Matthew 18:12

New American Standard Bible 2020

“What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go and search for the one that is lost?

Cross References

1 Kings 21:17

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Psalm 119:176

I have wandered about like a lost sheep; search for Your servant, For I do not forget 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 caused the wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him.

Jeremiah 50:6

¶“My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill, They have forgotten their resting place.

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd cares for his flock on a day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for My sheep and will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

Ezekiel 34:16

“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will eliminate. I will feed them with judgment.

Ezekiel 34:28

They will no longer be plunder to the nations, and the animals of the earth will not devour them; but they will live securely, and no one will make them afraid.

Ezekiel 34:4

Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you searched for the lost; but with force and with violence you have dominated them.

Ezekiel 34:6

My flock strayed through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.” ’ ”

Matthew 12:11

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

Matthew 18:13

And if it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.

Matthew 21:28

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

Matthew 22:42

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

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to wise people; you then, judge what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

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