Matthew 18:10-14

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 "See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly see the face of my Father [who is] in heaven.

12 What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away?

13 And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

14 In the [same] way it is not the will {of} your Father [who is] in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

Footnotes

• [a]. Many later Greek manuscripts include vs. 11, "For the Son of Man came to save those who are lost."
• [b]. Literally "there are to a certain man"
• [c]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("go") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d]. Literally "in the presence of"