MATTHEW 18:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And 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.”
And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. The greater rejoicing over the found sheep — more than over the ninety-nine — communicates the disproportionate value of recovery. The community that celebrates the return of the strayed brother with disproportionate joy is modeling the shepherd's heart. The value of the recovered one is not diminished by the wandering but intensified by it.
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