18 ¹⁰ 'Never despise one of these little ones; I tell you, they have their guardian angels in heaven, who look continually on the face of my heavenly Father. 18 ¹¹ Some witnesses add: For the Son of Man came to save the lost.
18 ¹² 'What do you think? Suppose a man has a hundred sheep. If one of them strays, does he not leave the other ninety-nine on the hill-side and go in search of the one that strayed? 18 ¹³ And if he should find it, I tell you this: he is more delighted over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that never strayed. 18 ¹⁴ In the same way, it is not your heavenly Father's will that one of these little ones should be lost.