The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 “Be careful not to despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of my Father in heaven. 11 [fn]For the Son of Man came to save the lost. 12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, [fn]does he not leave the other ninety-nine [fn]and go seek on the mountains the one that has gone astray? 13 And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray. 14 In the same way, it is not the will of [fn]your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.