Jesus asks a rhetorical question, “If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go and search for the one that is lost?” (Matt 18:12 NABRE) It’s rhetorical, because the answer is obvious. Of course, he will go and look for the sheep that went astray!
And the lesson Jesus points out is this, He says: “God, your Father in heaven, is like that shepherd. He does not want any of these little people to be lost, not even one of them.” And who do you think Jesus was referring to as the people who are like the lost sheep?
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