Matthew 18:12-14

International Standard Version

The Parable about the Faithful Shepherd^(A)

¹² “What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep and one of them strays, he leaves the 99 in the hills and goes to look for the one that has strayed, doesn’t he? ¹³ If he finds it, I tell all of you^[a] with certainty that he rejoices over it more than over the 99 that haven’t strayed. ¹⁴ In the same way, it is not the will of your^[b] Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.”