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Matthew 18:10-14

The One Who Wandered

The Way of Forgiveness · Matthew 18

Story guide: Jesus describes the Father’s will through a shepherd who refuses to abandon the one sheep that wandered.

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10See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

11For the Son of Man came to save the lost.

12What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and seek the one going astray?

13And if he happens to find it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.

14In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that even one of these little ones should perish.

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