Mǎtaìfúyīn 18:13

13 Ruò shì zhǎo zhe le , wǒ shízaì gàosu nǐmen , tā wéi zhè yī zhī yáng huānxǐ , bǐ wéi nà méiyǒu mí lù de jiǔ shí jiǔ zhī huānxǐ hái dà ne .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 18:13 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 18:13

And if so be that he find it
Which is a casual and uncertain thing with the shepherd, but not so with Christ, who certainly finds all those he goes after, and seeks: for,

verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep;
at the finding of it, whose loss greatly affected him,

than of the ninety and nine which went not astray;
who seemed not to go astray, were outwardly righteous before men, and, in their own opinion, being the same with the ninety and nine just persons who needed no repentance in their own apprehension, ( Luke 15:7 ) . This same parable is related in ( Luke 15:3 Luke 15:4 Luke 15:5 Luke 15:6 ) , and it being there more largely expressed, and along with other parables of the same kind, I shall refer the more particular consideration of it to that place; only observe, that it seems to me that this parable was twice delivered by our Lord, and that on two different occasions; once, as here, in his discourse on offences, and upon mention of his coming into this world to save lost sinners; at another time, as there, upon the Pharisees murmuring at his receiving sinners, and eating with them.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 18:13 In-Context

11 Rénzǐ lái wéi yào zhĕngjiù shīsàng de rén

12 Yī gèrén ruò yǒu yī bǎi zhī yáng , yī zhī zǒu mí le lù , nǐmen de yìsi rúhé . tā qǐbù piē xià zhè jiǔ shí jiǔ zhī , wǎng shān lǐ qù zhǎo nà zhī mí lù de yáng ma .

13 Ruò shì zhǎo zhe le , wǒ shízaì gàosu nǐmen , tā wéi zhè yī zhī yáng huānxǐ , bǐ wéi nà méiyǒu mí lù de jiǔ shí jiǔ zhī huānxǐ hái dà ne .

14 Nǐmen zaì tiān shang de fù , yĕ shì zhèyàng bú yuànyì zhè xiǎozi lǐ shīsàng yī ge .

15 Tǎngruò nǐde dìxiōng dé zuì nǐ , nǐ jiù qù chèn zhe zhǐyǒu tā hé nǐ zaì yī chù de shíhou , zhī chū tāde cuò lái . tā ruò tīng nǐ , nǐ biàn dé le nǐde dìxiōng .