[xone]

He was, however, upholding the value of searching out the one troubled, lost, hopeless soul even it it meant leaving the 99 to do it.

Eisegesis. He was talking about Himself as God searching for lost souls inre salvation. Not WOTTs.

[JockoManning]

You can talk to Him about how generalizable his object lesson re the 1 vs the 99 when you see Him. I’m aware of your biases toward very tiny very tidy little boxes theology.