Bible Verses About The Lost Sheep
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for the lost sheep, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,304 votes, led by Luke 15:3-7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Lost Sheep
Luke 15:3-7192 votes
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
Matthew 18:12-14107 votes
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?
Luke 19:1097 votes
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
John 10:1157 votes
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
James 5:19-2045 votes
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Luke 15:434 votes
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?
Matthew 15:2430 votes
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 15:127 votes
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
Matthew 18:1426 votes
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Psalms 119:17624 votes
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Luke 15:4-724 votes
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?
John 3:324 votes
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 53:623 votes
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.
Luke 15:1-723 votes
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
John 3:16-1723 votes
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.
Jeremiah 50:622 votes
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.
Luke 15:722 votes
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.
2 Peter 3:922 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Luke 15:1-3220 votes
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
Matthew 18:10-1419 votes
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Romans 6:419 votes
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Ezekiel 34:11-1618 votes
For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Luke 15:218 votes
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Revelation 1:118 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Matthew 18:1217 votes
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?
What does the Bible say about the lost sheep?
Readers most often cite Luke 15:3-7 on the subject of the lost sheep. Across 1,304 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 18:12-14, Luke 19:10, John 10:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.