10. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in the heavens their messengers always see the face of My Father who is in the heavens.
11. “For the Son of Aḏam has come to save what was lost.
12. “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, would he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, going to seek the one that is straying?
13. “And if he should find it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14. “Thus it is not the desire of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should be lost.
15. “And if your brother sins against you, go and reprove him, between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
16. “But if he does not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established.’