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Matthew 18:11-13
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Matthew 18:11-13
New English Translation
12 What do you think? If someone[a] owns a hundred[b] sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?[c] 13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth,[d] he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
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- Matthew 18:12 tn Grk “a certain man.” The Greek word ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used here in a somewhat generic sense.
- Matthew 18:12 sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep.
- Matthew 18:12 sn Look for the one that went astray. The parable pictures God’s pursuit of the sinner. On the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, see John 10:1-18.
- Matthew 18:13 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
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