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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?

How {G5101} think {G1380} ye {G5213}? if {G1437}{G5100} a man {G444} have {G1096} an hundred {G1540} sheep {G4263}, and {G2532} one {G1520} of {G1537} them {G846} be gone astray {G4105}, doth he {G863} not {G3780} leave {G863} the ninety and nine {G1768}, and goeth {G4198} into {G1909} the mountains {G3735}, and seeketh {G2212} that which {G3588} is gone astray {G4105}?

"What's your opinion? What will somebody do who has a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away? Won't he leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides and go off to find the stray?

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?

How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 34:12 (24 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 15:4 (22 votes)

    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?

  • Luke 15:7 (22 votes)

    I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

  • Ezekiel 34:16 (19 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 34:28 (15 votes)

    And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make [them] afraid.

  • Ezekiel 34:6 (14 votes)

    My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek [after them].

  • Isaiah 53:6 (13 votes)

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.