Matthew 18:12 KJV

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?

Thou and Ye

  • ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Caution against offencesConsidering the cunning and malice of Satan, and the weakness and depravity of men's hearts, it is not possible but that there should be offences. God...

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Harmony of the Gospels

Cross References

  • Luke 15:4–7 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? …
  • Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
  • Jeremiah 50:6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
  • Ezekiel 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
  • Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

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Greek and Strong’s

  • How Τί Ti τίς Pronoun · accusative neuter singular
  • think δοκεῖ dokei δοκέω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular
  • ye ὑμῖν hymin Pronoun · second person, dative plural ὑμῖν hymîn
  • if ἐὰν ean ἐάν Conjunction τινι tini τὶς Article · dative masculine singular
  • a man ἀνθρώπῳ anthrōpō ἄνθρωπος Noun · dative masculine singular
  • have γένηταί genētai γίνομαι Verb · aorist middle subjunctive, third person singular
  • an hundred ἑκατὸν hekaton ἑκατόν Article · nominative neuter plural
  • sheep πρόβατα probata πρόβατον Noun · nominative neuter plural
  • and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
  • one ἓν hen εἷς Adjective · nominative neuter singular
  • of ἐξ ex ἐκ Preposition
  • them αὐτῶν autōn αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive neuter plural
  • be gone astray πλανηθῇ planēthē πλανάω Verb · aorist passive subjunctive, third person singular
  • doth he ἀφίημι aphíēmi
  • not οὐχὶ ouchi οὐχί Particle
  • leave ἀφεῖς apheis ἀφίημι Verb · aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular
  • the ninety and nine τὰ ta Article · accusative neuter plural ἐνενήκοντα enenēkonta Adjective · accusative neuter plural ἐννενηκονταεννέα ennenēkontaennéa
  • and goeth πορευθεὶς poreutheis πορεύομαι Verb · aorist passive participle, nominative masculine singular
  • into εννέα ennea Adjective · accusative neuter plural ἐπὶ epi ἐπί Preposition
  • the mountains τὰ ta Article · accusative neuter plural ὄρη orē ὄρος Noun · accusative neuter plural
  • and seeketh ζητεῖ zētei ζητέω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular
  • that which τὸ to ὁ Pronoun · accusative neuter singular
  • is gone astray πλανώμενον planōmenon πλανάω Verb · present passive participle, accusative neuter singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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