Matthew 18:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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?”
ὄρος
Mountain, hill. Oros. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD. Mountains are a reminder to look up not just around.
γίνομαι
may happen
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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ζητέω
will seek
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ζητέω
To seek, to look for, to desire. Zeteo. Seek first the kingdom of God. Seeking is active not passive. The kingdom does not come to those who wait passively. Seek it.
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ἐάν
If
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ἐάν
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
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δοκέω
do think?
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δοκέω
compare the base of G1166 (δεικνύω)) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
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πορεύομαι
having gone
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πορεύομαι
to traverse, i.e. travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.);
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πρόβατον
sheep
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πρόβατον
something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively)
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τίς
What
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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πλανάω
going astray?
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πλανάω
to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)
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τὶς
a certain
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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ἐννενηκονταεννέα
ninety
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ἐννενηκονταεννέα
ninety-nine
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οὐχί
surely
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οὐχί
not indeed
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ἑκατόν
a hundred
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ἑκατόν
a hundred
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