¹⁰ “See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, because I tell you, their angels in heaven always have access to my Father in heaven. ¹¹ For the Son of Man came to save the lost.”^[a]

The Parable about the Faithful Shepherd^(A)

¹² “What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep and one of them strays, he leaves the 99 in the hills and goes to look for the one that has strayed, doesn’t he? ¹³ If he finds it, I tell all of you^[b] with certainty that he rejoices over it more than over the 99 that haven’t strayed. ¹⁴ In the same way, it is not the will of your^[c] Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.”