Matthew 18:13 Cross References - Moffatt

¹³ And if he happens to find it, I tell you he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

⁵ When he finds it he puts it on his shoulders with joy, ⁶ and when he gets home he gathers his friends and neighbours: 'Rejoice with me,' he says to them, 'for I have found the sheep I lost.' ⁷ So, I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over a single sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent. ⁸ Or again, suppose a woman has ten shillings. If she loses one of them, does she not light a lamp and scour the house and search carefully till she finds it? ⁹ And when she finds it she gathers her women-friends and neighbours, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the shilling I lost.' ¹⁰ So, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over a single sinner who repents."

²³ and bring the fatted calf, kill it, and let us eat and be merry; ²⁴ for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.

³⁴ Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. ³⁵ You have a saying, have you not, 'Four months yet, then harvest'? Look round, I tell you; see, the fields are white for harvesting! ³⁶ The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy.

¹³ for the judgment will be merciless to the man who has shown no mercy — whereas the merciful life will triumph in the face of judgment.