And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
Ver. 13. And if so be that he find it] As he will most surely, for none can take them out of his hands; nor can he discharge his trust, should he suffer any one of them to wander and perish, as they will do undoubtedly, if left to themselves, such is their sheepish simplicity, Isaiah 53:6. God hath charged Christ to see to the safekeeping of every true sheep, John 6:39,40, and he performed it to the full, John 17:12. As for that son of perdition there excepted, he was never of Christ's body, yet is excepted, because he seemed to be, by reason of his office.