Matthew 18:12 - People's Commentary (NT)

Matthew 18:12

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven ^atheir angels always ^bsee the face of My Father who is in heaven.

11 ^aFor the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

12 ^a“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?

13 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

14 Even so it is not the ^awill of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Dealing with a Sinning Brother

15 “Moreover ^aif your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, ^byou have gained your brother.

16 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ^a‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’

17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a ^aheathen and a tax collector.

18 “Assuredly, I say to you, ^awhatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

19 ^a“Again¹ I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, ^bit will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

20 For where two or three are gathered ^atogether in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

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Matthew 18:12 How think ye? This illustration of the anxiety of the shepherd for lost sheep is used to show the deep interest that God feels in any one of the straying "little ones" (Matthew 18:6). If a man have an hundred sheep. The man having a hundred sheep is plainly the Son of God—the Good Shepherd. See John 10:11 Hebrews 13:20 1Pe 2:25 5:4.

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