Matthew 18:12
“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?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Even so it is not the will of your father which is in heaven,.... This is the accommodation, or application of the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Matthew 18:12-14
To show still further the reason why we should not despise Christians, he introduced a parable showing the joy felt when…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Matthew 18:1-35
As there never was a greater pattern of humility, so there never was a greater preacher of it, than Christ; he took all…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
This parable is followed in Luke by the parable of the Lost Drachma and that of the Prodigal Son which illustrate and…
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