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

¹⁰ See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels always behold the face of my Father in heaven. ¹¹ (Added verse not retained in Sawyer) ¹² What think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain, and go and seek for the lost one? ¹³ And if he finds it, I tell you truly that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which were not lost. ¹⁴ So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

¹ AND all the publicans and sinners came near him to hear him. ² And both the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.

³ And he spoke to them this parable; saying, ⁴ What man of you having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost sheep till he finds it. ⁵ And finding it, he puts it on his shoulders rejoicing; ⁶ and coming to the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found my sheep that was lost. ⁷ So, I tell you, there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that changes his mind, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need a change of mind.