Matthew 18:11 Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10. Matthew 18:11 in all English translations.

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.

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?

Matthew 18:11 NIV: For the Son of man came to save that which was lost. For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

Matthew 18:11 — The New King James Version (NKJV). 11 For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

The verse is missing from some of the Bibles because the passage does not actually appear in the best early Greek manuscripts which contain Matthew.

Jesus warns His disciples not to despises any of the believers, calling them "little ones." They are connected to the glory of God by their angels in heaven.

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck ...

See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

9 мая 2005 г. · The reason that the NIV does not include Matthew 18:11 is that all the earliest manuscripts do not include this phrase.