Matthew 18:10-14

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven. ^{[a] 1}

12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

Cross References

• 1. (Luke 15:1–7)

Footnotes

• [a] BYZ and TR include 11 For the Son of Man came to save the lost; see Luke 19:10.