Luke 15:4
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go for that which was lost until he finds it?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he spoke this parable to them, saying,
5And when he finds it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
Jeremiah 50:6My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting-place.
Ezekiel 34:11For thus says lord LORD: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
Ezekiel 34:31And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says lord LORD.
Matthew 18:12What does it seem to you? If it happens a hundred sheep are with some man, and one of them went astray, after going (having left the ninety-nine on the mountains), does he not seek the one going astray?
Luke 15:4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go for that which was lost until he finds it?
Matthew Henry on Luke 15:2-11
The Lost Sheep and Piece of Silver. 1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having a 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? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh… Read the whole commentary →