In this parable, one of the 100 sheep lost its way and fallen down a hill. The shepherd left the 99 sheep in the open country and went after the lost sheep until he found it. Then the shepherd ...

The shepherd in the parable has to assume that the 99 sedentary sheep will be able to take care of themselves while he leaves them alone – "in open country," as Luke writes it. So compassionate ...

However, Francis observed that “a paradox” in the parable that could cause one to doubt the Shepherd’s actions is found with the question: “Is it wise to abandon the 99 for only one sheep?

The story is a parable that Jesus told ... Then ask the children to freeze frame being the shepherd, one of the 99 sheep, or the lost sheep, at the following points of the story: When the shepherd ...

However, Francis observed that "a paradox" in the parable that could cause one to doubt the shepherd's actions is found with the question "is it wise to abandon the 99 for only one sheep?

Ninety-nine sheep were chosen to represent the 99 names for God in Islam and were given to underprivileged Senegalese families ahead of Muslim religious holiday of Tabaski The Israeli embassy in ...

This parable is one of six known as prayer parables: The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, The Lost Son, The Pharisee and Tax Collector, The Friend at Midnight, and the Persistent Widow. When the ...

Jesus tells the parable of the lost sheep to show that the Kingdom of God ... The shepherd leaves the 99 others and searches high and low for the lost sheep. Jesus stresses that when the shepherd ...