Matthew 18:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that has gone astray?

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  • Luke 15:4-7 : 4 What man among you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 I say to you, that likewise there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
  • Ezek 34:28 : 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
  • Jer 50:6 : 6 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.
  • Ezek 34:6 : 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.
  • Matt 21:28 : 28 But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.
  • Matt 22:42 : 42 Saying, What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he? They said to him, The Son of David.
  • John 10:11-21 : 11 I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. 12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by my own. 15 As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father. 19 Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these words. 20 And many of them said, He has a demon and is mad; why do you listen to him? 21 Others said, These are not the words of someone who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • 1 Kgs 21:17 : 17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Matt 12:11 : 11 And he said to them, What man among you, who has one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 15:3-11
    9 verses
    93%

    3And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

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

    5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

    7I say to you, that likewise there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

    8Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it?

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

    10Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

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

  • Matt 18:13-14
    2 verses
    92%

    13And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.

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

  • Matt 18:11
    81%

    11For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

  • Matt 12:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11And he said to them, What man among you, who has one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath days.

  • Luke 19:10
    76%

    10For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • Matt 10:6
    74%

    6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Ezek 34:6
    74%

    6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.

  • John 10:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

    12But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

    13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.

  • Ezek 34:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.

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

  • John 10:16
    71%

    16And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

  • Matt 9:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36But when he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

    37Then he said to his disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few;

  • Matt 25:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

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

    33And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

  • Luke 15:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

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

    18I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,

  • Ps 119:176
    70%

    176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.

  • John 10:1-4
    4 verses
    70%

    1Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

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

    3To him the gatekeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

    4And when he has sent out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

  • Matt 21:28
    70%

    28But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

  • Ezek 34:16
    70%

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

  • Jer 50:6
    69%

    6My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.

  • Matt 15:24
    69%

    24But he answered and said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Gen 37:15
    69%

    15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?

  • Matt 18:23
    69%

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

  • Luke 15:24
    69%

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

  • Luke 19:12
    69%

    12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

  • Luke 15:15
    69%

    15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

  • Mark 12:1
    69%

    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

  • Luke 15:26
    68%

    26And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

  • Luke 13:23
    68%

    23Then one said to him, Lord, are there few that are saved? And he said to them,

  • Matt 13:46
    68%

    46When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

  • Mark 1:37
    68%

    37And when they had found him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.

  • John 10:27
    68%

    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.