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What Does the Bible Say About The Lost Sheep?

Here are 11 Bible verses about the lost sheep, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Luke 15:3-7

    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? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

    BSBThen Jesus told them this parable: “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

  2. #2Matthew 18:12-14

    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? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

    BSBWhat 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? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

  3. #3Luke 19:10

    For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

    BSBFor the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

  4. #4John 10:11

    I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

    BSBI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

  5. #5James 5:19-20

    Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

    BSBMy brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

  6. #6Luke 15:4

    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, until he find it?

    BSB“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

  7. #7Matthew 15:24

    But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

    BSBHe answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

  8. #8Matthew 18:14

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

    BSBIn the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

  9. #9Psalms 119:176

    I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

    BSBI have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

  10. #10Luke 15:1

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

    BSBNow all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.

  11. #11John 3:16-17

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

    BSBFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

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