Matthew 18:12

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What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

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  • Luke 15:4-7 : 4 “Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because 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 to repent.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!
  • Ezek 34:28 : 28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts 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 allowed them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place.
  • Ezek 34:6 : 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
  • Matt 21:28 : 28 The Parable of the Two Sons“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said,‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
  • Matt 22:42 : 42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said,“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 hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. 13 Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away. 14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me– 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17 This is why the Father loves me– because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. 18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.” 19 Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying,“He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?” 21 Others said,“These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
  • 1 Kgs 21:17 : 17 The LORD’S message came to Elijah the Tishbite:
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the LORD caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
  • Matt 12:11 : 11 He said to them,“Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

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  • Luke 15:3-11
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    3So Jesus told them this parable:

    4“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because 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 to repent.

    8“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

    9Then when she has found 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 God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

    11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

  • Matt 18:13-14
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    92%

    13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

    14In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

  • Matt 12:11-12
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    11He said to them,“Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

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

  • Luke 19:10
    76%

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

  • Matt 10:6
    74%

    6Go instead 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 sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

  • John 10:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

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

    12The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

    13Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

  • Ezek 34:11-12
    2 verses
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    11“‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.

    12As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.

  • John 10:16
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    16I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

  • Matt 9:36-37
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    36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered 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
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    32All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

    33He will put 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 workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

    18I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

  • Ps 119:176
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    176I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

  • John 10:1-4
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    2The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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

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

  • Matt 21:28
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    28The Parable of the Two Sons“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said,‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

  • Ezek 34:16
    70%

    16I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!

  • Jer 50:6
    69%

    6“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allowed them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place.

  • Matt 15:24
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    24So he answered,“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

  • Gen 37:15
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    15When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him,“What are you looking for?”

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    23The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

  • Luke 15:24
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    24because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

  • Luke 19:12
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    12Therefore he said,“A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

  • Luke 15:15
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    15So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

  • Mark 12:1
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  • Luke 15:26
    68%

    26So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

  • Luke 13:23
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    23Someone asked him,“Lord, will only a few be saved?” So he said to them,

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    46When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

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    37When they found him, they said,“Everyone is looking for you.”

  • John 10:27
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    27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.