Matthew 18:13

And if it be that he find it, verily I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine that went not astray.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 ye? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine upon the mountains, and go and seek that which is gone astray?

14So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones perish.

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Cross References

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

James 2:13For the judgment shall be without mercy, to him that showed 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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