Luke 15:4
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Luke 15 · Words of Christ are set in red.
4 songs meet this passage
All Around the World · Lisa Stansfield
resonates with Luke 15:4
Her relentless searching for the one she's lost mirrors the posture of seeking what matters most, even without theological framing.
Will You Be There (Single Version) · Michael Jackson
resonates with Luke 15:4-6
The plea to be found when lost mirrors the shepherd who searches for the one who has wandered, a picture of being pursued rather than abandoned.
“leaves the ninety-nine”
Reckless Love · Cory Asbury
resonates with Luke 15:4-7
Directly draws on the parable of the shepherd leaving the ninety-nine to find the one lost sheep, the song's central metaphor for reckless pursuit.
“I will send out an army to find you”
Rescue · Lauren Daigle
resonates with Luke 15:4-7
Like the shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine, this pictures God actively pursuing the lost rather than waiting for them to return.
Elsewhere in Luke 15
- Luke 15:1-2Friends in Low Places
- Luke 15:7Three Wooden Crosses
- Luke 15:11-24Pink Pony Club · I Ain't Mad At Cha (feat. Danny Boy)
- Luke 15:13The Master's Call · All I Wanna Do
- Luke 15:1728 · The House That Built Me · Wake Me Up
- Luke 15:17-18Estos Celos · Temptation (Original Extended Mix)
- Luke 15:17-19Little Lion Man (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, 2010) · Sugar Hill (Instrumental)
- Luke 15:17-20Baptized in Fire (feat. Travis Scott) · Need a Favor · Son of a Sinner · Love Will Lead You Back (Single Edit)
- Luke 15:18Can You Feel My Heart
- Luke 15:18-19Jesus, Take the Wheel
- Luke 15:20Mr. Mircale · O Come to the Altar (Live) · Come As You Are · Nothin' Can Change This Love (Alternate Version) · No Son of Mine
- Luke 15:24Who You Say I Am
- Luke 15:32Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) · Make It Happen