Matthew 18:12-14

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹² _j What do you think? _k If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? ¹³ And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. ¹⁴ So _l it is not the will of my ₁ Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 17:25
   He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?
   Matthew 21:28
   "What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 18:12 - 14
   What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
   Luke 15:4 - 7
   What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
   
3. Cross References
   John 6:39
   And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
   John 10:28
   I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
   John 17:12
   While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.