Luke 15:4
What man of you, if he has meah kevasim (a hundred sheep) and has lost from them one, does not leave the tishim vteshah (ninety-nine) in the open pasture, and go for the one which has been lost until he finds it?
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach told them this mashal, saying,
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a seh oved (lost sheep); 1 seek Thy eved; for I do not forget Thy mitzvot.
Jeremiah 50:6My people hath been tzon ovedot (lost sheep); their ro'im (shepherds) have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the harim; they have wandered from har to givah (hill), they have forgotten their resting place.
Ezekiel 34:11For thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I, even I, will both search for My tzon, and seek after them.
Ezekiel 34:31And ye My tzon, the tzon of My mireh, are adam, and I am Eloheichem, saith Adonoi Hashem.
Matthew 18:12What do you think? If any man owns a hundred kevesim (sheep) and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides and go and search for the one that is straying?
Luke 15:4What man of you, if he has meah kevasim (a hundred sheep) and has lost from them one, does not leave the tishim vteshah (ninety-nine) in the open pasture, and go for the one which has been 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 →