The Parable of the Lost Sheep
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"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. [11]
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"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?
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And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
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In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
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