Matthew 18:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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 sort out their flocks when they are among scattered sheep, so I will sort 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 strays, 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 strays; 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.