12"What do you think? 1Ifanymanhas a hundredsheep, and one of them has goneastray, does he not leave the ninety-nine* on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?
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"If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoicesover it morethanover the ninety-nine* which have not goneastray.
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"So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of theselittleonesperish.