Matthew 18:13

And if it so be that he find it, verily I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

In Context

12What think you? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them go astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine, and go into the mountains, and seek for that which has gone astray?

14Even so, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should be lost.

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Cross References

Luke 15:23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, who has shown no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 18:8-15

Cautions against Offences. 7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than… Read the whole commentary →

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