The Parables
of Jesus
42. Lost Sheep
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| 12 Tiv uJmi'n dokei';eja;n
gevnhtaiv tini ajnqrwvpw/ eJkato;n provbata kai; planhqh'/ e&n ejx
aujtw'n, oujci; ajfhvsei ta; ejnenhvkonta ejnneva ejpi; ta; o[rh kai; poreuqei;"
zhtei' to; planwvmenon;
13
kai; eja;n gevnhtai euJrei'n aujtov, ajmh;n levgw uJmi'n o&ti caivrei
ejp j aujtw'/ ma'llon h] ejpi; toi'" ejnenhvkonta ejnneva toi'" mh; peplanhmevnoi".
14 ou&tw" oujk e[stin qevlhma e[mprosqen tou' patro;" uJmw'n tou' ejn oujranoi'" i&na ajpovlhtai e&n tw'n mikrw'n touvtwn. |
12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14 So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. |
| 3 ei\pen de; pro;" aujtou;" th;n parabolh;n tauvthn levgwn, 4 Tiv" a[nqrwpo" ejx uJmw'n e[cwn eJkato;n provbata kai; ajpolevsa" ejx aujtw'n e&n ouj kataleivpei ta; ejnenhvkonta ejnneva ejn th'/ ejrhvmw/ kai; poreuvetai ejpi; to; ajpolwlo;" e&w" eu&rh/ aujtov; 5 kai; euJrw;n ejpitivqhsin ejpi; tou;" w[mou" aujtou' caivrwn 6 kai; ejlqw;n eij" to;n oi\kon sugkalei' tou;" fivlou" kai; tou;" geivtona" levgwn aujtoi'", Sugcavrhtev moi, o&ti eu|ron to; provbatovn mou to; ajpolwlov". 7 levgw uJmi'n o&ti ou&tw" cara; ejn tw'/ oujranw'/ e[stai ejpi; eJni; aJmartwlw'/ metanoou'nti h] ejpi; ejnenhvkonta ejnneva dikaivoi" oi&tine" ouj creivan e[cousin metanoiva". | 3 So he told them this parable:
4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. |
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