Matthew 18:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not -- having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is gone astray?

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  • Luke 15:4-7 : 4 `What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? 5 and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing, 6 and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one. 7 `I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.
  • Ezek 34:28 : 28 And they are no more a prey to nations, And the beast of the earth devoureth them not, And they have dwelt confidently, And there is none troubling.
  • Jer 50:6 : 6 A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, `To' the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.
  • Ezek 34:6 : 6 Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.
  • Matt 21:28 : 28 `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'
  • Matt 22:42 : 42 saying, `What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, `Of David.'
  • John 10:11-21 : 11 `I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep; 12 and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep; 13 and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep. 14 `I am the good shepherd, and I know my `sheep', and am known by mine, 15 according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep, 16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd. 17 `Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it; 18 no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.' 19 Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words, 20 and many of them said, `He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?' 21 others said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 as to wise men I speak -- judge ye what I say:
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
  • 1 Kgs 21:17 : 17 And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.
  • Matt 12:11 : 11 And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?

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  • Luke 15:3-11
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    93%

    3And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

    4`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

    5and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing,

    6and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.

    7`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

    8`Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

    9and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.

    10`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

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

  • Matt 18:13-14
    2 verses
    92%

    13and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;

    14so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

  • Matt 18:11
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    11for the Son of Man did come to save the lost.

  • Matt 12:11-12
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    77%

    11And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?

    12How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

  • Luke 19:10
    76%

    10for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

  • Matt 10:6
    74%

    6and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Ezek 34:6
    74%

    6Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.

  • John 10:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

    12and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

    13and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

  • Ezek 34:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I -- even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out.

    12As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.

  • John 10:16
    71%

    16and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

  • Matt 9:36-37
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    71%

    36And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

    37then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed `is' abundant, but the workmen few;

  • Matt 25:32-33
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    32and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

    33and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left.

  • Luke 15:17-18
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    17`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

    18having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,

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    176I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

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    1`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

    2and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

    3to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

    4and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

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  • Ezek 34:16
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    16The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

  • Jer 50:6
    69%

    6A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, `To' the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.

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    24and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'

  • Gen 37:15
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    15And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, `What seekest thou?'

  • Matt 18:23
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    23`Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

  • Luke 15:24
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    24because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

  • Luke 19:12
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    12He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

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    15and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

  • Mark 12:1
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    26and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

  • Luke 13:23
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    23and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them,

  • Matt 13:46
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    46who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

  • Mark 1:37
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    37and having found him, they say to him, -- `All do seek thee;'

  • John 10:27
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    27according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,