Matthew 18:12

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Matthew 18:12

“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain and go in search of the one that is lost?

Luke 15:4-7

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost, [searching] until he finds it?

As a shepherd cares for his sheep on the day that he is among his scattered flock, so I will care for My sheep; and I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

Matthew 21:28

“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

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 Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us like sheep have gone astray,
We have turned, each one, to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]
To fall on Him [instead of us].

Jeremiah 50:6

“My people have become lost sheep;
Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside [to the seductive places of idolatry] on the mountains.
They have gone along [from one sin to another] from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their [own] resting place.

Ezekiel 34:6

My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the face of the earth and no one searched or sought them.”’”

Ezekiel 34:16

“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment.

Ezekiel 34:28

They will no longer be prey to the nations, and the predators of the earth will not devour them; but they will live safely, and no one will make them afraid [in the day of the Messiah’s reign].

Matthew 12:11

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

Matthew 22:42

“What do you [Pharisees] think of the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

John 10:11-21

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His [own] life for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I am speaking as to wise and sensible people; judge [carefully and thoughtfully consider] for yourselves what I say.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were continually wandering like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

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Summary

Matthew 18:12

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

How

Matthew 21:28

Matthew 22:42

1 Corinthians 10:15

If

Into

1 Kings 21:17

Ezekiel 34:6

Bible References

How

“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

“What do you [Pharisees] think of the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

I am speaking as to wise and sensible people; judge [carefully and thoughtfully consider] for yourselves what I say.

If

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

I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost, [searching] until he finds it?

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His

[own] life for the sheep.

For you were continually wandering like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Into

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the face of the earth and no one searched or sought them.”’”