Matthew 18:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And yf it so be that he fynde it, veryly I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine, which went not astray.

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  • Zeph 3:17 : 17 For the Lorde thy God in the mids of thee is mightie, he will saue thee he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioy, he wil quiet him selfe in his loue, he will reioyce ouer thee with gladnesse.
  • John 4:34-36 : 34 Iesus sayth vnto them: my meate is to do the wyll of hym that sent me, and to finishe his worke. 35 Say not ye, there are yet foure monethes, and then commeth haruest? Beholde, I say vnto you, lyft vp your eyes, and loke on the regions: for they are whyte alredy vnto haruest. 36 And he that reapeth, receaueth wages, and gathereth fruite vnto lyfe eternall: that both he that soweth, & he that reapeth, myght reioyce together.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For he shall haue iudgement without mercie, that sheweth no mercie: And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement.
  • Luke 15:5-9 : 5 And when he hath founde it, he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy: 6 And assoone as he commeth home, he calleth together his louers and neyghbours, saying vnto them: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost. 7 I say vnto you, that lykewyse ioy shalbe in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons, which neede no repentaunce. 8 Either what woman, hauyng tenne peeces of siluer, yf she loose one, doth not lyght a candle, and swepe the house, and seke diligently tyll she fynde it? 9 And when she hath founde it, she calleth her louers & her neyghbours together, saying: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde the peece which I had lost. 10 Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.
  • Luke 15:23-24 : 23 And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery: 24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him: and in them that put their trust in his mercie.
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 Of the trauayle and labour of his soule, shall he see the fruite & be satisfied: My righteous seruaunt shall with his knowledge iustifie the multitude, for he shall beare their sinnes.
  • Isa 62:5 : 5 And lyke as a young man taketh a virgin to mariage, so shal thy sonnes be maried vnto thee: and as a bridegrome is glad of his bride, so shall thy God reioyce ouer thee.
  • Jer 32:37-41 : 37 Beholde, I wyll gather them together from all landes, wherein I haue scattred them in my wrath in fearefull and great displeasure, and wyll bryng them agayne vnto this place, where they shall dwell safely: 38 And they shalbe my people, and I wyll be their God. 39 And I wyll geue them one heart and one way, that they may feare me al the dayes of their lyfe: that they and their chyldren after them may prosper. 40 And I wyll set vp an euerlasting couenaunt with them namely that I wyll neuer ceasse to do them good, and that I wyll put my feare in their heartes, so that they shall not runne away from me. 41 Yea I wyll haue a lust and pleasure to do them good, and faithfully to plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soule.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is such a God as thou, that pardonest wickednesse, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne heritage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer: for his delite is to haue compassion.

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  • 92%

    11 For the sonne of man, is come to saue that which was lost.

    12 Howe thynke ye? If a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leaue ninetie & nine, and goeth into the mountaynes, and seketh that which went astray?

  • Luke 15:3-11
    9 verses
    90%

    3 But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:

    4 What man of you, hauyng an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse, and go after that which is lost, vntyll he fynde it?

    5 And when he hath founde it, he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy:

    6 And assoone as he commeth home, he calleth together his louers and neyghbours, saying vnto them: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost.

    7 I say vnto you, that lykewyse ioy shalbe in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons, which neede no repentaunce.

    8 Either what woman, hauyng tenne peeces of siluer, yf she loose one, doth not lyght a candle, and swepe the house, and seke diligently tyll she fynde it?

    9 And when she hath founde it, she calleth her louers & her neyghbours together, saying: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde the peece which I had lost.

    10 Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.

    11 And he sayde. A certayne man had two sonnes:

  • 79%

    14 Euen so, it is not the wyll of your father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe.

    15 Moreouer, yf thy brother trespas agaynst thee, go and tell hym his faulte betwene thee and hym alone: If he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother.

  • 10 For the sonne of man is come to seke, and to saue that which was lost.

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    23 And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:

    24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.

  • 73%

    30 But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe.

    31 And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne,

    32 It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde.

  • 11 And he sayde vnto them: What man of you wyll there be that shall haue a sheepe, & if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, wyll he not take holde of it, and lift it out?

  • 6 My sheepe go wandring vpon al mountaines, and vpon euery hie hill, yea my flocke is scattered through all the face of the earth, and there is no man that seeketh or searcheth after them.

  • 6 But go rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.

  • 71%

    11 For thus saith the Lorde God: behold, I euen I wyll loke to my sheepe my selfe, and seeke them out.

    12 Lyke as a shephearde when he hath ben among the flocke, seeketh after the sheepe that are scattered abroade: euen so wyll I seeke after my sheepe, and deliuer them out of all places where they haue ben scattered, in the cloudie and darke day.

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    44 Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the fielde: the which a man hath founde, and hyd, and for ioy therof, goeth and selleth all that he hath, and byeth the fielde.

    45 Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a marchaunt man, seekyng goodly pearles.

    46 Which, when he founde one precious pearle, went and solde all that he had, and bought it.

  • 16 And other sheepe I haue, which are not of this folde: them also must I bryng, & they shall heare my voyce, and there shalbe one folde, and one sheepehearde.

  • 70%

    17 Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?

    18 I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee,

  • 16 Such as be lost, wyll I seeke: such as are driuen away, wyll I bring againe: such as be broken, wyl I binde vp: such as be weake, wyll I make strong: such as be fat and strong, those wyll I roote out, and feede them with iudgement.

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    11 I am the good sheephearde. A good sheephearde, geueth his lyfe for the sheepe.

    12 An hyrelyng, and he which is not the sheephearde, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe commyng, and leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth, & scattereth the sheepe.

    13 The hyrelyng fleeth, because he is an hyrelyng, and careth not for the sheepe.

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    26 And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.

    27 And he sayde vnto hym: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fat calfe, because he hath receaued hym safe and sounde.

  • 23 Then sayde one vnto hym: Lorde, are there fewe that be saued? And he sayde vnto them:

  • 18 There are not founde that returned agayne, to geue God prayse, saue only this straunger.

  • 15 And a certayne man founde hym, and beholde he was wandryng out of his waye in the fielde, and the man asked hym: what sekest thou?

  • 13 And not long after, when the younger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his goodes with riotous lyuyng.

  • 4 And when he hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe folowe hym: for they knowe his voyce.

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    32 And before hym shalbe gathered all nations: and he shall seperate them one from another, as a shephearde deuideth his sheepe from the goates.

    33 And he shall set the sheepe on his right hande, but the goates on the lefte.

  • John 10:1-2
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    68%

    1 Veryly, veryly, I say vnto you: He that entreth not in by ye doore into the sheepfolde, but clymeth vp some other way, the same is a thiefe, and a robber.

    2 But he that entreth in by the doore, is the sheephearde of the sheepe.

  • 23 Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.

  • 31 But if he may be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house.

  • 37 Then sayth he vnto his disciples: the haruest truely is plenteous, but the labourers are fewe.

  • 43 Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.