Over one sinner that repenteth (επ εν αμαρτωλω μετανοουντ). The word sinner points to verse 1. Repenting is what these sinners wer…

Likewise joy, and so forth. It is a principle of human nature that the recovery of an object in danger of being lost affords much…

Ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.—As regards the men and women among whom our Lord carried on His w…

Saying, What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after tha…

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…

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be heaven
In the church below, and among the members of it; which is sometim…

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…