Matthew 18:12

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Luke 15:4-7 : 4 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? 5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' 7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people 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 abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I 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 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.
  • Ezek 34:28 : 28 They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, 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 on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.
  • Matt 21:28 : 28 But what do you think? A 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 of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "Of David."
  • John 10:11-21 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own; 15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd. 17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father." 19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?" 21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • 1 Kgs 21:17 : 17 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. A Song of Ascents.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Matt 12:11 : 11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 15:3-11
    9 verses
    93%

    3He told them this parable.

    4"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

    5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

    7I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

    8Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

    9When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

    10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."

    11He said, "A certain man had two sons.

  • Matt 18:13-14
    2 verses
    92%

    13If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone 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 came to save that which was lost.

  • Matt 12:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

    12Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

  • Luke 19:10
    76%

    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

  • Matt 10:6
    74%

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

  • Ezek 34:6
    74%

    6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.

  • John 10:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

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

    12He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

    13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

  • Ezek 34:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

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

    12As a shepherd seeks 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 where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

  • John 10:16
    71%

    16I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

  • Matt 9:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

    37Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

  • Matt 25:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • Luke 15:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

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

    18I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

  • Ps 119:176
    70%

    176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. A Song of Ascents.

  • John 10:1-4
    4 verses
    70%

    1"Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

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

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

    4Whenever he brings 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 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 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.

  • 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, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

  • Gen 37:15
    69%

    15A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

  • Matt 18:23
    69%

    23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 15:24
    69%

    24for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

  • 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%

    15He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he 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, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

  • Luke 15:26
    68%

    26He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

  • Luke 13:23
    68%

    23One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,

  • Matt 13:46
    68%

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

  • Mark 1:37
    68%

    37and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."

  • John 10:27
    68%

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