We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
Luke 15:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What man of you, if he has a hundred sheep and should lose one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness (desert) and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? American Standard Version (1901) What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? Common English Bible “Suppose someone among you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them. Wouldn’t he leave the other ninety-nine in the pasture and search for the lost one until he finds it? Catholic Public Domain Version "What man among you, who has one hundred sheep, and if he will have lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the one whom he had lost, until he finds it? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What man of you that hath an hundred sheep: and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which was lost, until he find it? |
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them in the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin #– #the areas around Jerusalem and in Judah’s cities, says the Lord.
My people were lost sheep; their shepherds led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They wandered from mountain to hill; they forgot their resting place.
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.
You are my flock, the human flock of my pasture, and I am your God. This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the ill, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
As I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God #– #because my flock, lacking a shepherd, has become prey and food for every wild animal, and because my shepherds do not search for my flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than my flock,
He replied to them, ‘Who among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?
But the Lord answered him and said, ‘Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?
Therefore, every one of you , who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.
For you were like sheep going astray, , but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.