Luke 15:4

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What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

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  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will shepherd them with justice.
  • Ezek 34:11-12 : 11 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered sheep when he is with them, so I will look after My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • Jer 50:6 : 6 My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to wander on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and forgotten their resting place.
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Ezek 34:31 : 31 You are My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Matt 12:11 : 11 He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?
  • Matt 18:12-14 : 12 What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away. 14 In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.
  • Luke 13:15 : 15 The Lord answered him, 'You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you untie your ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead it out to give it water?
  • Luke 15:4-7 : 4 What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders. 6 And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' 7 I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
  • John 10:15-16 : 15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
  • John 10:26-28 : 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.
  • Ezek 34:8 : 8 'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,

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    11For the Son of Man came to save what was lost.

    12What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away?

    13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

    14In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.

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    5And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders.

    6And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'

    7I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

    8Or what woman, who has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

    9And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'

    10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

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    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

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