18:12-14
You may or may not have a verse 11! It depends which version of the Bible you are using. You will have it if you are using KJV, NKJV or other versions in that family, if you are using NIV, ESV etc you will not. 18:11 is found only in later manuscripts.
The lesson now moves on to the well-known parable of the lost sheep, and we should appreciate the context that it is given in, i.e. the importance of “little ones”. The parable tells of the shepherd who leaves the ninety nine sheep who are safe and goes to look for the one that is lost, and the shepherd is delighted when he finds that lost sheep. By the way, this is not saying that the lost sheep is more important than the ninety nine, but at that moment the lost sheep is the one that needs special attention, so it gets this attention. “In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish”. No one can be discounted as being of no importance.
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