13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.


In Context

9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

10 "See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

12 "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.

14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.

15 "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Matthew 18:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that [sheep,] than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not astray.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13And if he findeth it, verily I say to you, he rejoiceth more over that sheep, than over the ninety and nine which went not astray.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And if so be that he find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.