Matthew 18:12

World English Bible

“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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Matthew 18:12 in other translations

How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

Matthew 18:12 · American Standard Version

Matthew 18:12 in context

  1. 10See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
  2. 11For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
  3. 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?
  4. 13If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
  5. 14Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.