He Left The 99 To Find Me

1 then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

New american standard 1977 what man among you if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them does not leave the ninety nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it. To find me you would search the whole world over to find me to find me there s no place you wouldn t go you re searching high and low you d leave the ninety nine to lead me home i can t outrun your love there s no road that s long enough you d leave the ninety nine to lead me home there s no place you wouldn t go you would search the whole. 5 and when he finds it he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Now he looks to us and asks us to find the other lost little ones.

Both matthew 18 and luke 15 record jesus parable about a shepherd who leaves 99 sheep in the fold to go in search of one that had wandered away. Won t he leave the ninety nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost. 3 and he spake this parable unto them saying 4 what man of you having an hundred sheep if he lose one of them doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost. 14 in the same way it is not my heavenly father s will that even one of these little ones should perish.

Doesn t he leave the 99 sheep grazing in the pasture and look for the lost sheep until he finds it. 12 if a man have an hundred sheep the parable is repeated more fully in luke 15 4 6 and will best find its full explanation there the fact that it reappears there is significant as to the prominence in our lord s thoughts and teaching of the whole cycle of imagery on which it rests. In fact that is why god came in jesus immanuel. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says rejoice with me.

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2 and the pharisees and scribes murmured saying this man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them saying what man of you having an hundred sheep if he lose one of them doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he find it. It is the first member of a trilogy about redemption that jesus tells after the pharisees and religious leaders accuse him of welcoming and eating. He left the safety of heaven to find the lost one to find you and me.

Why would god leave the 99 to find 1 answer. So he is willing to risk the 99 to find the 1. 13 and if he finds it i tell you the truth he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety nine that didn t wander away. He doesn t want any of them to perish to be lost or even to be in danger.

The parable of the lost sheep is one of the parables of jesus it appears in the gospels of matthew matthew 18 12 14 and luke luke 15 3 7 it is about a shepherd who leaves his flock of ninety nine sheep in order to find the one which is lost. And when he hath found it he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing.