Synoptic Sayings - Parable of the Lost Sheep

The LOST SHEEP
163	Matt 18	Mark	221	Luke 15	Thom 107**
12	"What do you think?		3	So he told them this parable:	1	Jesus said:
						"The kingdom is like
	If a man		4	"What man of you,		a shepherd
	has a hundred sheep,			having a hundred sheep,		who had a hundred sheep.
	and one of them			if he has lost one of them,	2	One of them,
						the largest,
	has gone astray,					went astray.
	does he not leave			does not leave		He left
	the ninety-nine			the ninety-nine		the ninety-nine
	on the mountains			in the wilderness,
	and go in search of			and go after		and looked for
	the one that went astray?			the one which is lost		the one
				until he finds it?		until he found it.
13	And if he finds it,		5	And when he has found it,	3	After he had toiled
	truly, I say to you,			he lays it on his shoulders,		he said to the sheep,
	he rejoices over it more			rejoicing.		"I love you more
	than over the ninety-nine					than the ninety-nine."
	that never went astray.
			6	And when he comes home,
				he calls together his friends
				and neighbors,
				saying to them,
				'Rejoice with me,
				for I have found my sheep
				which was lost.'
14	So it is not the will		7	Just so, I tell you,
	of my Father			there will be more joy
	who is in heaven			in heaven
	that one of these little ones			over one sinner
				who repents
	that one			than over ninety-nine
	of these little ones			righteous persons
	should perish.			who need no repentance."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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163	Sequence in synoptic outlines