Matthew 18:13

American Standard Version (1901)

And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zeph 3:17 : 17 Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
  • John 4:34-36 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work. 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest. 36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment [is] without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
  • Luke 15:5-9 : 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, [more] than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance. 8 Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
  • Luke 15:23-24 : 23 and bring the fatted calf, [and] kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: 24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
  • Isa 62:5 : 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
  • Jer 32:37-41 : 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: 38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me. 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 92%

    11 (Ommitted)

    12 How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

  • Luke 15:3-11
    9 verses
    90%

    3 And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

    4 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?

    5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

    7 I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, [more] than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

    8 Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?

    9 And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.

    10 Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

    11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • 79%

    14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

    15 And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

  • 10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • 74%

    23 and bring the fatted calf, [and] kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

    24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

  • 73%

    30 but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

    31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

    32 But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again] ; and [was] lost, and is found.

  • 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

  • 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek [after them] .

  • 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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    11 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

    12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

  • 71%

    44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

    45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls:

    46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

  • 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

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    17 But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

    18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

  • 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

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    11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

    12 He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth [them] :

    13 [ he fleeth] because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

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    26 And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

    27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

  • 23 And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them,

  • 18 Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?

  • 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

  • 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

  • 4 When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

  • 68%

    32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;

    33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

  • John 10:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

    2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

  • 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants.

  • 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

  • 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.

  • 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.