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12. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and search for the one that went astray? 13. And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 14. Likewise, it is not the will of your Father Who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish (Matthew 18:12 - 14, HBFV)

Jesus opens his parable by asking what should a good shepherd do if one of the animals in his flock is lost (Matthew 18:12). He answers his own question by stating the keeper of the flock would leave the 99 sheep that he has and pursue the one that strayed. When the sheep is found the shepherd is said to be happier at finding it than the fact that the rest of the flock was not lost (verse 13).