The Parable of the Lost Sheep � Matthew 18:10-14 (NLT)

�If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do?

Won�t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn�t wander away!

In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father�s will that even one of these little ones should perish."