The point Jesus is making is that the Pharisees and Scribes cared far more about literally lost sheep —
literal lost animals, than they cared about human souls that were lost.
Not exact matches
So, Jesus points out to them that when they rescue their
lost sheep — referencing a
literal animal, not allegorically referring to a believer, the religious people rejoice and tell everyone of their success in retrieving their misguided
animal (sheep).
For some, de-extinction means the
literal resurrection of long -
lost species through whole - genome cloning, while for others it's about conferring the traits of extinct
animals on closely related living species to create approximations.