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Matthew 18:12
“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

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Matthew 18:13
If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

Luke 15:3
He told them this parable:

Luke 15:4
“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

Luke 15:5
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Luke 15:6
When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

Luke 15:7
I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

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1 Peter 2:25
For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Psalms 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

Matthew 10:6
Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:24
But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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