Matthew 18:12

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What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?

Cross References

1 Kings 21:17

Then 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 do not forget your commandments.

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.

Ezekiel 34:12

As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.

Ezekiel 34:28

They shall no more be plunder for the nations, nor shall the animals of the land devour them; they shall live in safety, and no one shall make them afraid.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bound up the injured, you have not brought back the strayed, you have not sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled them.

Ezekiel 34:6

My sheep were scattered, they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with no one to search or seek for them.

Matthew 12:11

He said to them, “Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath; will you not lay hold of it and lift it out?

Matthew 18:13

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

Matthew 21:28

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

Matthew 22:42

“What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

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