Lost Sheep
Group: Lost is Found
Luke 15:03-07Text QuotationLuke 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.
CommentaryWhat shepherd won't look for his lost sheep until found?
This parable, like the other parables of things "lost" (son and coin) all represent God's longing to seek and save that which was lost. (Matthew 18:11
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.)
Nothing in any of Christ's parables of "loss" was permanently lost. ALL were found and there was rejoicing for each.
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