Matthew 18:12

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What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away?

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  • Luke 15:4-7 : 4 What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders. 6 And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' 7 I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered sheep when he is with them, so I will look after My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will shepherd them with justice.
  • Ezek 34:28 : 28 They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them. They will live securely, and no one will make them afraid.
  • Jer 50:6 : 6 My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to wander on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and forgotten their resting place.
  • Ezek 34:6 : 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
  • Matt 21:28 : 28 What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'
  • Matt 22:42 : 42 'What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?' They replied, 'The son of David.'
  • John 10:11-21 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them. 13 The hired worker runs away because he is a hired worker and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me. 15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The Father loves me because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father. 19 Again, there was division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, 'He has a demon and is insane. Why listen to him?' 21 Others were saying, 'These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?'
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speak to wise people; judge for yourselves what I say.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • 1 Kgs 21:17 : 17 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Matt 12:11 : 11 He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

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  • Luke 15:3-11
    9 verses
    93%

    3So He told them this parable, saying:

    4What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders.

    6And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'

    7I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

    8Or what woman, who has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

    9And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'

    10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

    11Then He said, 'There was a man who had two sons.'

  • Matt 18:13-14
    2 verses
    92%

    13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

    14In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.

  • Matt 18:11
    81%

    11For the Son of Man came to save what was lost.

  • Matt 12:11-12
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    77%

    11He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'

  • Luke 19:10
    76%

    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

  • Matt 10:6
    74%

    6Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Ezek 34:6
    74%

    6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

  • John 10:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

    12The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.

    13The hired worker runs away because he is a hired worker and does not care about the sheep.

  • Ezek 34:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and look after them.

    12As a shepherd looks after his scattered sheep when he is with them, so I will look after My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

  • John 10:16
    71%

    16I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

  • Matt 9:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

    37Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.'

  • Matt 25:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

    33He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

  • Luke 15:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger!

    18I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

  • Ps 119:176
    70%

    176I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

  • John 10:1-4
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    1Truly, truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way is a thief and a robber.

    2But the one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

    3The gatekeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

    4When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

  • Matt 21:28
    70%

    28What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

  • Ezek 34:16
    70%

    16I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will shepherd them with justice.

  • Jer 50:6
    69%

    6My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to wander on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and forgotten their resting place.

  • Matt 15:24
    69%

    24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

  • Gen 37:15
    69%

    15A man found him wandering in the field and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

  • Matt 18:23
    69%

    23Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 15:24
    69%

    24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

  • Luke 19:12
    69%

    12So he said, "A nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.

  • Luke 15:15
    69%

    15So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

  • Mark 12:1
    69%

    1He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

  • Luke 15:26
    68%

    26So he called one of the servants and asked what these things were about.

  • Luke 13:23
    68%

    23Someone asked him, 'Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?' He said to them,

  • Matt 13:46
    68%

    46When he found one very precious pearl, he went away, sold everything he had, and bought it.

  • Mark 1:37
    68%

    37and when they found him, they said, 'Everyone is looking for you.'

  • John 10:27
    68%

    27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.