

Who Counts? and The Marvelous Mustard Seed, both of which she illustrated, were named Junior Library Guild Selections. So He told them this parable, saying, What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open. If to any man there should be a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, will he not leave the ninety nine on the mountains and, having gone, seek the. Even though 99 of the sheep were safe the shepherd was so concerned about the 1 sheep that was lost.

One day the shepherd counted his sheep and found that there were only 99 sheep instead of 100. For more information, visit Margaux Meganck, a freelance artist and children's book illustrator in Portland, Oregon, has received portfolio awards from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Parable of the Lost Sheep Mt 18:12-14If a shepherd has 100 sheep that he desperately cares about and one wanders away, he has a choice to leave theother. Jesus continued telling about the shepherd in the parable. He leaves the 99 sheep to go find that one that is. Her many children's books include A Very Big Problem, Who Is My Neighbor?, The Marvelous Mustard Seed, and Who Counts?, all cowritten with Amy-Jill Levine, and the classic God’s Paintbrush. In this parable, the shepherd has 100 sheep, 99 of which are accounted for, and one which is missing. 4 What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds. Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is the Director of Religion, Spirituality and the Arts Initiative at Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) Arts and Humanities Institute, as well as Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck. A Very Big Problem and her parable retellings Who Counts? and The Marvelous Mustard Seed, all cowritten with Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, were named Junior Library Guild Selections. He asserts (assuming the person was a good shepherd) that anyone who owns 100 sheep would naturally. Amy-Jill Levine, the author of numerous acclaimed books, is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies, and Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Science. Jesus opens his parable by asking a rhetorical question.
