Matthew 18:12
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How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
In other translations
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Greek words
ΤίTiWhatG5101ὑμῖνhuminyouG4771δοκεῖ;dokeido think?G1380ἐὰνeanIfG1437γένηταίgenētaimay happenG1096τινιtinia certainG5100ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōman [has]G444ἑκατὸνhekatona hundredG1540πρόβαταprobatasheepG4263καὶkaiandG2532πλανηθῇplanēthēashall have gone astrayG4105ἓνhenoneG1520ἐξexofG1537αὐτῶν,autōnthem,G846οὐχὶouchisurelyG3780ἀφήσειaphēseihe will leaveG863τὰtatheG3588ἐνενήκονταenenēkontaninetyG1768ἐννέαenneanineG1767ἐπὶepionG1909τὰtatheG3588ὄρη,orēmountains,G3735καὶkaiandG2532πορευθεὶςporeutheishaving goneG4198ζητεῖzēteiwill seekG2212τὸtothe [one]G3588πλανώμενον;planōmenongoing astray?G4105
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- Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
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