We see ourselves in this passage as wandering sheep, and we observe Jesus, the Servant of the Lord, as the shepherd who dies for His sheep. We are described in the first part of the verse as ...

The parables of Jesus ... sheep; a woman calls all her neighbors for a barbecue because she has recovered an invaluable keepsake; a father throws a shindig for the entire village because his ...

Jesus told the Pharisees the story of a lost sheep. The sheep was of such value to the shepherd that he left his other sheep behind while he searched for the wandering one. And when he found the ...