Luke 15:4
What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
5and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
Jeremiah 50:6My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they turned them away on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.
Ezekiel 34:11For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I, [even] I, will both search for my sheep, and tend them.
Ezekiel 34:31And ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men: I [am] your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Matthew 18:12What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?
Luke 15:4What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find 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 →