Matthew 18:13

And if he find it, verily I say to you, that he rejoiceth in it, more than in the ninety and nine that did not stray.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

12How doth it appear to you? If a man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray, will he not leave the ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek the one that strayed?

14Just so, it is not the pleasure of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

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Cross References

Luke 15:23And bring forth and slay the fatted bullock; and let us eat, and be merry.

James 2:13For judgment without mercy shall be on him, who hath practised no mercy: by mercy, ye will be raised above 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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