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11 The Son of Man came to save lost people.][a]

12 “If a man has a hundred sheep but one of the sheep gets lost, he will leave the other ninety-nine on the hill and go to look for the lost sheep. 13 I tell you the truth, if he finds it he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that were never lost.

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  1. 18:11 The . . . people. Some Greek copies do not contain the bracketed text.

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12 “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.

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  1. Matthew 18:11 Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10.