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%

    3 He 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?

    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.

    8 Or 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?

    9 When 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.'

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

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

  • Matt 18:13-14
    2 verses
    92%

    13 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

    14 Even 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%

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

  • Matt 12:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    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?

    12 Of 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%

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

  • Matt 10:6
    74%

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

  • Ezek 34:6
    74%

    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.

  • John 10:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Ezek 34:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

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

    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.

  • John 10:16
    71%

    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.

  • Matt 9:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Matt 25:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • Luke 15:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 But 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!

    18 I 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%

    176 I 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
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    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.

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

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

    4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

  • Matt 21:28
    70%

    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.'

  • Ezek 34:16
    70%

    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.

  • Jer 50:6
    69%

    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.

  • Matt 15:24
    69%

    24 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

  • Gen 37:15
    69%

    15 A 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%

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

  • Luke 15:24
    69%

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

  • Luke 19:12
    69%

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

  • Luke 15:15
    69%

    15 He 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%

    1 He 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%

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

  • Luke 13:23
    68%

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

  • Matt 13:46
    68%

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

  • Mark 1:37
    68%

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

  • John 10:27
    68%

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