Luke 15:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

"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?

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  • 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 34:11-12 : 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.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were going astray like sheep; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer{"Overseer" is from the Greek episkopon, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent.} of your souls.
  • 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.
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.
  • 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.
  • Ezek 34:31 : 31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Yahweh.
  • 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?
  • Matt 18:12-14 : 12 "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? 13 If he finds it, most assuredly 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.
  • Luke 13:15 : 15 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?
  • 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.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
  • John 10:15-16 : 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.
  • John 10:26-28 : 26 But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
  • Ezek 34:8 : 8 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn't feed my sheep;

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

    12"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?

    13If he finds it, most assuredly 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.

  • Luke 15:5-11
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    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{A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer.} 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.

  • Luke 15:3
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    3He told them this parable.

  • Luke 19:10
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    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

  • Matt 12:11
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    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?

  • Ezek 34:4-6
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    4You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have you ruled over them.

    5They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.

    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.

  • Matt 10:6
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    6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • John 10:2-4
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    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.

  • John 10:16
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    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.

  • Ezek 34:16
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    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.

  • John 10:11-13
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    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.

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

  • Luke 15:30-32
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    30But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

    31"He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

    32But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

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    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.

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

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    36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed{TR reads "weary" instead of "harassed"} and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

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    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.

  • Luke 15:26
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    26He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

  • Luke 9:25
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    25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

  • Matt 13:46
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    46who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

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    39He who finds his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

  • Gen 37:15
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    15A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, "What are you looking for?"

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    15He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

  • Luke 15:13
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    13Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

  • Jer 50:6
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    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.

  • Luke 15:17-18
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    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.

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

  • Matt 25:14
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    14"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

  • Matt 16:25
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    25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

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    44"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.