Study it in the app““What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?”
Accused of welcoming sinners, he answers with the parable of the lost sheepWho Jesus IsThe shepherd seeks the lost sheep, and there is joy when it is foundTurning back to GodJesus tells of a shepherd who finds his lost sheep and calls the neighbors to celebrateJoy and thanks
“WhatΤίςmanἄνθρωποςamongἐξyou,ὑμῶνhavingἔχωνa hundredἑκατὸνsheepπρόβαταandκαὶlosingἀπολέσαςoneἓνofἐξthem,αὐτῶνdoes notοὐleaveκαταλείπειthe ninety-nineτὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέαinἐνthe wildernessτῇ ἐρήμῳandκαὶgoπορεύεταιafterἐπὶthe lost oneτὸ ἀπολωλὸςuntilἕωςhe findsεὕρῃit?αὐτό
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpos” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōn” appearshundred
One hundred.
Where else “hekaton” appearssheep
A gentle animal that lives in a flock and needs a shepherd.
Where else “probata” appearslose
To be left without something or someone one had.
Where else “apolesas” appearsone
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hen” appearsleave
To go away from a place or person without taking it along.
Where else “kataleipei” appearsninety
Ninety.
Where else “enenēkonta” appearsnine
Nine.
Where else “ennea” appearswilderness
Land without people or crops.
Where else “erēmōi” appearsgo
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuetai” appearsfind
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurēi” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The lost sheep
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Luke 15:4-7
4“What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he comes into the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes his mind than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of a change of mind.
12What 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 mountains and go and search for the one that is going astray? 13And if it happens that he finds it, truly I tell you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 14So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
3So he told them this parable, saying,
4 · This verse (above)
5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)
