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Matthew 18:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “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? "

Matthew 18:12

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10 See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

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?

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.

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

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Luke 15:4

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Ezekiel 34:12

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"As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day."

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Ezekiel 34:16

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"“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.”’"

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Matthew 18:1

"In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”"

Matthew 18:2

"Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them"

Matthew 18:3

"and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."

Matthew 18:4

"Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."

Matthew 18:5

"Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,"

Matthew 18:6

"but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea."

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