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Doesn&#8217t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? <a href="/nlt/luke/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? <a href="/esv/luke/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? <a href="/bsb/luke/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “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? <a href="/blb/luke/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety nine in the open field, and go after the one having been lost, until he finds it? <a href="/kjv/luke/15.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/luke/15.htm">New King James Version</a> “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? <a href="/nasb_/luke/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the other ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? <a href="/nasb/luke/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220What 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? <a href="/nasb77/luke/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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? <a href="/lsb/luke/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “What man among you, if he has one 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? <a href="/amp/luke/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost, [searching] until he finds it? <a href="/csb/luke/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it? <a href="/hcsb/luke/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it? <a href="/asv/luke/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? <a href="/cev/luke/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> If any of you has 100 sheep, and one of them gets lost, what will you do? Won't you leave the 99 in the field and go look for the lost sheep until you find it? <a href="/erv/luke/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? <a href="/gwt/luke/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Suppose a man has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the 99 sheep grazing in the pasture and look for the lost sheep until he finds it? <a href="/gnt/luke/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them--what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it. <a href="/isv/luke/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn't he? <a href="/msb/luke/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?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? <a href="/net/luke/15.htm">NET Bible</a> "Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it? <a href="/nheb/luke/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Which one of you, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? <a href="/wbt/luke/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he loseth one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he findeth it? <a href="/wey/luke/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Which of you men, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in their pasture and go in search of the lost one till he finds it? <a href="/web/luke/15.htm">World English Bible</a> “Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “What man of you having one hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, until he may find it? <a href="/blb/luke/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety nine in the open field, and go after the one having been lost, until he finds it? <a href="/ylt/luke/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? <a href="/slt/luke/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> What man of you, having one hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, leaves not the ninety-nine in the desert, and goes for the one lost, till he find it.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> What man of you that hath an hundred sheep: and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which was lost, until he find it? <a href="/cpdv/luke/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “What man among you, who has one hundred sheep, and if he will have lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the one whom he had lost, until he finds it? <a href="/nabre/luke/15.htm">New American Bible</a> “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? <a href="/nrsvce/luke/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> What man among you has one hundred sheep, and if one of them should get lost, would he not leave the ninety and nine in the open, and go in search of the one which is lost, until he finds it? <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/15.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “What man among you has a hundred sheep, and if one of them should be lost, would not leave the ninety nine in the wilderness and go seek that one which is lost until he would find it?”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/15.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> What man of you that has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which is lost, till he find it? <a href="/godbey/luke/15.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert, and go after the lost one, until he may find it?<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/15.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> What man is there of you, possessing an hundred sheep, though he lose but one of them, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? <a href="/mace/luke/15.htm">Mace New Testament</a> who of you that has an hundred sheep, will not, upon losing one, leave the ninety nine in the desart, to go after that which is lost, till he finds it? <a href="/wey/luke/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Which of you men, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in their pasture and go in search of the lost one till he finds it? <a href="/worrell/luke/15.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave behind the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost one, until he finds it?<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/15.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>saying, What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and loseth one of them, doth not leave the ninety-nine in the field, and go after that which was lost, till he find it?<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/15-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=6162" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/15.htm">The Parable of the Lost Sheep</a> …3Then Jesus told them this parable: 4<a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: Tis (IPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">“What</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpos (N-NMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">among</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">if he has</a> <a href="/greek/1540.htm" title="1540: hekaton (Adj-ANP) -- One hundred. Of uncertain affinity; a hundred.">a hundred</a> <a href="/greek/4263.htm" title="4263: probata (N-ANP) -- A sheep. Probably neuter of a presumed derivative of probaino; something that walks forward, i.e., a sheep.">sheep</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/622.htm" title="622: apolesas (V-APA-NMS) -- From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.">loses</a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: hen (Adj-ANS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">one</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GN3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them,</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">does not</a> <a href="/greek/2641.htm" title="2641: kataleipei (V-PIA-3S) -- From kata and leipo; to leave down, i.e. Behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining.">leave</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1768.htm" title="1768: enenēkonta (Adj-ANP) -- Ninety. From a multiple of ennea and ennea itself; ninety-nine.">ninety-nine</a> <a href="/greek/1767.htm" title="1767: ennea (Adj-ANP) -- Nine. A primary number; nine."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2048.htm" title="2048: erēmō (Adj-DFS) -- Lonesome, i.e. waste.">pasture</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4198.htm" title="4198: poreuetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To travel, journey, go, die. ">go</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">after</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the one</a> <a href="/greek/622.htm" title="622: apolōlos (V-RPA-ANS) -- From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.">that is lost,</a> <a href="/greek/2193.htm" title="2193: heōs (Conj) -- A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.">until</a> <a href="/greek/2147.htm" title="2147: heurē (V-ASA-3S) -- A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.">he finds</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auto (PPro-AN3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">it?</a> 5And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/18-12.htm">Matthew 18:12-14</a> 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 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. <a href="/ezekiel/34-11.htm">Ezekiel 34:11-16</a> For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. / As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. / I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land. ... <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-16</a> I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. / The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. ... <a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Psalm 23:1-4</a> A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. / He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. ... <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a> He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. <a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3-4</a> Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply. / I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD. <a href="/1_peter/2-25.htm">1 Peter 2:25</a> For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. <a href="/john/10-27.htm">John 10:27-30</a> My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. / I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. ... <a href="/psalms/119-176.htm">Psalm 119:176</a> I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments. <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6</a> My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Micah 7:14</a> Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16</a> For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves. <a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20-21</a> Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, / equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. <a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm">1 Samuel 17:34-36</a> David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, / I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it. / Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.” <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a> We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?man.<a href="/luke/13-15.htm">Luke 13:15</a> The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?<a href="/matthew/12-11.htm">Matthew 12:11</a> And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?<a href="/matthew/18-12.htm">Matthew 18:12</a> 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?having.<a href="/psalms/119-176.htm">Psalm 119:176</a> I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.<a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a> All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.<a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6</a> My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/13-24.htm">Find</a> <a href="/luke/11-25.htm">Findeth</a> <a href="/luke/12-43.htm">Finds</a> <a href="/luke/13-7.htm">Found</a> <a href="/luke/13-25.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/luke/14-34.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/luke/8-9.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/matthew/10-39.htm">Loseth</a> <a href="/luke/14-34.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/mark/15-25.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/matthew/18-13.htm">Ninety</a> <a href="/matthew/18-13.htm">Ninety-Nine</a> <a href="/luke/13-25.htm">Open</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/luke/12-30.htm">Search</a> <a href="/luke/2-20.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/luke/14-28.htm">Suppose</a> <a href="/luke/14-18.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/matthew/25-44.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/luke/14-35.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/luke/8-29.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/luke/14-5.htm">Wouldn't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/15-8.htm">Find</a> <a href="/luke/15-8.htm">Findeth</a> <a href="/luke/15-5.htm">Finds</a> <a href="/luke/15-5.htm">Found</a> <a href="/luke/15-6.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/luke/15-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/luke/16-6.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-3.htm">Loseth</a> <a href="/luke/15-6.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/luke/15-7.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/luke/15-7.htm">Ninety</a> <a href="/luke/15-7.htm">Ninety-Nine</a> <a href="/luke/22-55.htm">Open</a> <a href="/john/10-9.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/luke/15-8.htm">Search</a> <a href="/luke/15-6.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/luke/15-8.htm">Suppose</a> <a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/luke/19-10.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/john/1-23.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/john/1-23.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/luke/15-8.htm">Wouldn't</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 15</div>1. <a href="/luke/15-1.htm">The parable of the lost sheep;</a> 8. <a href="/luke/15-8.htm">of the piece of silver;</a> 11. <a href="/luke/15-11.htm">of the prodigal son.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>What man among you This phrase invites the audience to consider a common scenario, appealing to their everyday experiences. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, shepherding was a familiar occupation. Jesus often used parables involving shepherds to connect with His listeners, as seen in <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>, where He refers to Himself as the Good Shepherd.if he has a hundred sheep A flock of a hundred sheep was a typical size for a small to medium-sized flock in ancient Palestine. This number signifies completeness and abundance. The shepherd's responsibility was to care for each sheep, reflecting God's care for His people, as seen in <a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23:1</a>, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."and loses one of them Sheep are known for their tendency to wander, making them vulnerable to getting lost. This reflects the human condition of straying from God, as described in <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a>, "All we like sheep have gone astray." The lost sheep symbolizes sinners who have wandered away from God's path.does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture The shepherd's decision to leave the ninety-nine demonstrates the value placed on each individual sheep. This action highlights God's personal concern for every sinner. The pasture represents a place of safety and provision, indicating that the ninety-nine are secure while the shepherd seeks the lost one.and go after the one that is lost The shepherd's pursuit of the lost sheep illustrates God's relentless love and grace. This mirrors Jesus' mission to seek and save the lost, as stated in <a href="/luke/19-10.htm">Luke 19:10</a>. The act of going after the lost sheep emphasizes the proactive nature of God's love.until he finds it The shepherd's perseverance underscores the certainty of God's redemptive plan. This reflects the assurance of salvation for those who are found, as seen in <a href="/john/6-39.htm">John 6:39</a>, where Jesus declares that He will lose none of those given to Him. The phrase assures believers of God's unwavering commitment to their salvation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The speaker of the parable, teaching about God's love and the value of each individual. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shepherd.htm">Shepherd</a> Represents God or Jesus, who cares deeply for each of His followers. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sheep.htm">Sheep</a> Symbolizes individuals, particularly those who have strayed from the faith. 4. <a href="/topical/p/pasture.htm">Pasture</a> The place where the ninety-nine sheep remain, representing the safety and community of the faithful. 5. <a href="/topical/l/lost_sheep.htm">Lost Sheep</a> Represents those who have wandered away from God and are in need of being found and restored.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_pursuing_love.htm">God's Pursuing Love</a> God actively seeks out those who are lost, demonstrating His relentless love and grace. <a href="/topical/v/value_of_the_individual.htm">Value of the Individual</a> Every person is precious to God, and He rejoices over the return of even one lost soul. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_restoration.htm">Community and Restoration</a> The church should reflect God's heart by seeking to restore those who have strayed, emphasizing forgiveness and reconciliation. <a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection.htm">Personal Reflection</a> Believers should examine their own lives to ensure they are not straying and remain within the safety of God's pasture. <a href="/topical/e/evangelistic_mission.htm">Evangelistic Mission</a> Christians are called to participate in God's mission by reaching out to those who are lost and sharing the message of salvation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 15</a> <a href="/q/where_can_i_find_my_lost_sheep.htm">Where can I find my lost sheep?</a> <a href="/q/why_leave_99_sheep_to_find_1.htm">Why would a shepherd risk leaving ninety-nine sheep to fend for themselves just to find one, as stated in Luke 15:4? </a> <a href="/q/what_means_'return_to_god_fully'.htm">Where can I find my lost sheep?</a> <a href="/q/why_leave_the_ninety-nine_sheep.htm">Why leave the ninety-nine sheep?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) What man of you, having an hundred sheep . . .?--The meaning of the parable is so clear that it requires but little in the way of explanation. It gains, however, fresh force and interest if we remember that it followed on the great parable of the Good Shepherd in <a href="/context/john/10-1.htm" title="Truly, truly, I say to you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.">John 10:1-16</a>, and on the compassion for the lost sheep of which we read in <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm" title="But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.">Matthew 9:36</a>. The thought was, if we may use the language which rises to our lips, a dominant idea in the mind of Him who spoke. The primary application of that idea is clearly to be found in the immediate occasion of the parable, in the love which bids the Son of Man to concentrate His thoughts and energy and prayers on some one soul among those publicans and sinners who were thus gathered together; but it is, at least, a legitimate extension of it to think of it as embracing also His whole redemptive work as the Son of God, leaving the "ninety and nine," the hosts of unfallen angels and archangels, or, it may be, unfallen beings more like ourselves in other worlds than ours, and coming to the rescue of the collective humanity which had fallen and wandered from the fold. <a href="/commentaries/luke/15-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>“What Τίς (Tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. man ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. among ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. you, ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. [if] he has ἔχων (echōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. a hundred ἑκατὸν (hekaton) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> One hundred. Of uncertain affinity; a hundred. sheep πρόβατα (probata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4263.htm">Strong's 4263: </a> A sheep. Probably neuter of a presumed derivative of probaino; something that walks forward, i.e., a sheep. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. loses ἀπολέσας (apolesas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively. one ἓν (hen) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. of ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. them, αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. {does} not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. leave καταλείπει (kataleipei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2641.htm">Strong's 2641: </a> From kata and leipo; to leave down, i.e. Behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining. the τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ninety-nine ἐνενήκοντα (enenēkonta) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1768.htm">Strong's 1768: </a> Ninety. From a multiple of ennea and ennea itself; ninety-nine. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. pasture ἐρήμῳ (erēmō) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2048.htm">Strong's 2048: </a> Lonesome, i.e. waste. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. go πορεύεται (poreuetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4198.htm">Strong's 4198: </a> To travel, journey, go, die. after ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. the [one] τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. that is lost, ἀπολωλὸς (apolōlos) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively. until ἕως (heōs) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2193.htm">Strong's 2193: </a> A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until. he finds εὕρῃ (heurē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2147.htm">Strong's 2147: </a> A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. it? αὐτό (auto) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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