Matthew 18:10-14
The apostle Matthew writing (God speaking via scripture...The
Word), being a direct quote of Jesus discussing that the Father will not
let a sheep (an Elect one?) go lost.
Wycliffe Bible of 1384: 18:10 Se ye, that ye
dispise not oon of these litle. For Y seie to you, that the aungels of hem in
heuenes seen euermore the face of my fadir that is in heuenes.
18:11 For mannus sone cam to saue that thing that perischide.
18:12 What semeth to you? If ther weren to sum man an hundrid scheep, and oon of
hem hath errid, whethir he schal not leeue nynti and nyne in desert, and schal
go to seche that that erride?
18:13 And if it falle that he fynde it, treuli Y seie to you, that he schal haue
ioye theron more than on nynti and nyne that erriden not.
18:14 So it is not the wille bifor youre fadir that is in heuenes, that oon of
these litle perische.
King James Bible of 1611: 10Take heed
that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven
their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was
lost.
12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and
one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth
into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto
you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not
astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which
is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
NAS Bible of 1960: 10 "See
that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their
angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
11 ["For the Son of Man has come to save that
which was lost.]
12 "What do you think? If any man has a hundred
sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the
mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?
13 "If it turns out that he finds it, truly I
say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not
gone astray.
14 "So it is not the will of your Father who is
in heaven that one of these little ones perish.
NIV Bible 1973-78: 10"See that you
do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels
in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
12"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of
them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look
for the one that wandered off? 13And if he finds it, I tell you the
truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did
not wander off. 14In the same way your Father in heaven is not
willing that any of these little ones should be lost.