Luke 15:4

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

What {G5101} man {G444} of {G1537} you {G5216}, having {G2192} an hundred {G1540} sheep {G4263}, if {G2532} he lose {G622} one {G1520} of {G1537} them {G846}, doth {G2641} not {G3756} leave {G2641} the ninety and nine {G1768} in {G1722} the wilderness {G2048}, and {G2532} go {G4198} after {G1909} that which is lost {G622}, until {G2193} he find {G2147} it {G846}?

“If one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, doesn’t he leave the other ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 34:16 (25 votes)

    I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

  • Ezekiel 34:11 (19 votes)

    For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, [even] I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

  • Ezekiel 34:12 (19 votes)

    As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

  • Luke 19:10 (19 votes)

    For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • Matthew 18:12 (18 votes)

    How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

  • Matthew 18:14 (18 votes)

    Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

  • 1 Peter 2:25 (16 votes)

    For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.