Cross references
Matthew 18:12
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Matthew 18:12 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 34:12 (26 votes) and Luke 15:4–7 (23 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Deuteronomy 22 to 1 Peter 2.
Which verses does Matthew 18:12 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ezekiel 34:1226 votes
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- Luke 15:4–723 votes
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, …
- Ezekiel 34:1621 votes
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- Isaiah 53:615 votes
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Ezekiel 34:2815 votes
They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.
- Ezekiel 34:614 votes
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
- 1 Peter 2:2514 votes
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- Psalm 119:17611 votes
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- Jeremiah 50:611 votes
My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
- Matthew 12:1111 votes
He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
- John 10:11–2111 votes
- Matthew 21:287 votes
- 1 Corinthians 10:156 votes
- Matthew 22:425 votes
- 1 Kings 21:170 votes
Which verses point to Matthew 18:12?
The 10 strongest of 17.