Study it in the app“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 mountains and go and search for the one that is going astray?”
Whatτίdo youὑμῖνthink?δοκεῖIfἐὰνa manτινι ἀνθρώπῳhasγένηταίa hundredἑκατὸνsheepπρόβαταandκαὶoneἓνofἐξthemαὐτῶνgoes astray,πλανηθῇwill he notοὐχὶleaveἀφήσειthe ninety-nineτὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέαonἐπὶthe mountainsτὰ ὄρηandκαὶgoπορευθεὶςandsearch forζητεῖthe one that is going astray?τὸ πλανώμενον
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokei” appearssomeone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpōi” appearshappen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “genētai” appearshundred
One hundred.
Where else “hekaton” appearssheep
A gentle animal that lives in a flock and needs a shepherd.
Where else “probata” appearsone
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hen” appearsgo astray
To lose one's way, or be wrong.
Where else “planēthēi” appearsnot
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
Where else “ouchi” appearsleave
To part from something or someone and go on without it.
Where else “aphēsei” appearsninety
Ninety.
Where else “enenēkonta” appearsnine
Nine.
Where else “ennea” appearsmountain
Mountain, hill.
Where else “orē” appearsgo
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreutheis” appearsseek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētei” 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.
Matthew 18:12-14
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.
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.
11For the Son of Man came to save what was lost.
12 · This verse (above)
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.
1. What it says
What did Jesus put in the middle of the disciples when they asked who is greatest (vv. 1–3)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus tell the parable of the slave who was forgiven a huge debt (vv. 23–35)?
3. How I live it
Peter asked how many times to forgive (v. 21). Whom do you find hard to forgive, and what small first step can you take?
