Matthew 18:10-14 - The Parable Of The Lost Sheep

Matthew 18:10-14

10 Beware! do not despise one of these little ones; For I say unto you - that, their messengers in the heavens, do, continually, behold the face of my Father in the heavens. 12 How, to you, doth it seem? If a certain man come to have a hundred sheep and one from among them go astray, Will he not leave the ninety-nine upon the mountains, and going, seek the straying one? 13 And, if it should be that he find it, Verily, I say unto you - He rejoiceth over it, more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray. 14 Thus, there is no desire, in the presence of my Father who is in the heavens, that, one of these little ones, should be lost.

Luke 15:1-7

1 But all the tax-collectors and the sinners were, unto him, drawing near, to be hearkening unto him; 2 and both the Pharisees and the Scribes were murmuring, saying, This man, unto sinners, giveth welcome, and eateth with them.

3 And he spake unto them this parable, saying - 4 What man from among you, having a hundred sheep, and losing, from among them, one, doth not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go his way after the lost one, until he find it? 5 And, finding it, he layeth it upon his shoulders, rejoicing; 6 and, coming unto his house, calleth together the friends and the neighbours, saying unto them - Rejoice with me! because I have found my sheep that was lost! 7 I say unto you - Thus, joy in heaven, will there be, over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who indeed have, no need, of repentance.