Luke 15:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

Man

Having

1 Peter 2:25

General references

Luke 19:10

Bible References

Man

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?

But He said to them, “What man 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?

What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the 99 on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

Therefore, any one of you

who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

Having

I wander like a lost sheep;
seek Your servant,
for I do not forget Your commands.

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.

My people are lost sheep;
their shepherds have led them astray,
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.
They have wandered from mountain to hill;
they have forgotten their resting place.

As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,

What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the 99 on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep.

For you were like sheep going astray,

but you have now returned
to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

General references

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”