Matthew 18:12

The Scriptures 1998

“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, would he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, going to seek the one that is straying?

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:12

“As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so I shall seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered in a day of cloud and thick darkness.

Ezekiel 34:16

“I shall seek out the lost and bring back the strayed. And I shall bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick, but the fat and the strong I shall destroy. I shall feed them with right-ruling.”

Ezekiel 34:28

and they shall no longer be a prey for the gentiles, and the beast of the earth shall not devour them. And they shall dwell safely, with no one to make them afraid.

Ezekiel 34:6

“My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill. And My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”

Isaiah 53:6

We all, like sheep, went astray, each one of us has turned to his own way. And יהוה  has laid on Him the crookedness of us all.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your lives.

Matthew 12:11

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

Jeremiah 50:6

“My people have been wandering sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.

Psalm 119:176

I have strayed like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your commands.

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 my vineyard.’

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to wise men, judge for yourselves what I say.

Matthew 22:42

saying, “What do you think concerning the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of Dawiḏ

1 Kings 21:17

And the word of יהוה  came to Ě

Ezekiel 34:4

“You have not strengthened the weak, nor have you healed the sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back the straying, nor sought what was lost; but you have ruled them with might and harshness.

Matthew 18:13

“And if he should find it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.