Matthew 18:13

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

English Majority Text (NT)

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

12“What do you think? If a certain man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go and search for the one gone astray?

14Thus it is not the will before your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. 1 Reproving Another Who Sins

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Cross References

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

James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. 1 Faith Without Works is Dead

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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