This parable (την παραβολην ταυτην). The Parable of the Lost Sheep (15:3-7). This is Christ's way of answering the cavilling of th…

This parable. See Barnes "Matthew 17:12–13".

Then drew near to him the publicans and sinner, to hear him, and the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and ea…

St. Ambrose of Milan: You had learned from what came before not to be preoccupied with the business of this world or to pref…

For the phrase “suppose one of you,” see comment on 14:5. The situation Jesus describes was a common one. One hundred sheep was a normal-sized floc…

And he spoke this parable unto them
To the Pharisees, for their conviction and confutation; and to the publicans and…

The parable of the lost sheep is very applicable to the great work of man's redemption. The lost sheep represents the sinner as having departed fro…