Matthew 18:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

What do you think? If a man 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 thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his 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 a shepherd seeks out his flock when some of his sheep have been scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will rescue them from all places where 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 crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.

Ezekiel 34:28

They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them; they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

Ezekiel 34:4

The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the crippled you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and 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 none to search or seek for them.

Matthew 12:11

He said to them, “What man of you, if he has one sheep and 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 over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

Matthew 21:28

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

Matthew 22:42

saying, “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 sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

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