Matthew 18:12-14

12 1What do you think? 2If 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 3it is not the will of my[a] Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

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Cross References 3

  • 1. Matthew 17:25; Matthew 21:28
  • 2. For ver. 12-14, [Luke 15:4-7]
  • 3. John 6:39; John 10:28; [John 17:12]

Footnotes 1

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