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Parable of the Lost Sheep

parable in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, about a man who leaves 99 sheep to find one lost sheep
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Parable of the Lost Sheep
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Summary

Parable of the Lost Sheep is a parable of Jesus[1]. It draws 5,447 Wikipedia views per month (parable_of_jesus category, ranking #6 of 44).[2]

Key Facts

  • Parable of the Lost Sheep authored Jesus Christ[3].
  • Parable of the Lost Sheep's instance of is recorded as parable of Jesus[4].
  • Parable of the Lost Sheep is part of Matthew 18[5].
  • Parable of the Lost Sheep's Commons category is recorded as Parable of the Lost Sheep[6].
  • Parable of the Lost Sheep's published in is recorded as Luke 15[7].
  • Parable of the Lost Sheep's P14483 is recorded as p/parabola-de-la-oveja-perdida[8].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Parable of the Lost Sheep authored Jesus Christ[3].

Publication

Parable of the Lost Sheep is part of Matthew 18[5].

Why It Matters

Parable of the Lost Sheep draws 5,447 Wikipedia views per month (parable_of_jesus category, ranking #6 of 44).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Jesus Christ

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikitolica.com. Retrieved . wikitolica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 35
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'fy', 'g
    Gnd id → 4244260-6
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lost-sheep-parable
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: lost-sheep-parable, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941682|lost sheep parable (#289941682)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  3. 20w ago · Jsamwrites · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Matthew 18
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: Matthew 18"
  4. 20w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  5. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/parabola-de-la-oveja-perdida
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: p/parabola-de-la-oveja-perdida, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → parable of Jesus
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007536142305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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