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What does the Bible say about the lost sheep?

11 verses about the lost sheep, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

5 booksMost in Luke

Bible verses about the lost sheep

Luke 15:3 — And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 12 votes
Matthew 18:12 — How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? 7 votes
Luke 19:10 — For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. 6 votes
John 10:11 — I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 3 votes
James 5:19 — Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 3 votes
Psalms 119:176 — I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. 2 votes
Matthew 15:24 — But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 2 votes
Matthew 18:14 — Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 2 votes
Luke 15:1 — Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 votes
Luke 15:4 — What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 2 votes
John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 2 votes

Luke (4), Matthew (3), John (2), Psalms (1), James (1)