Luke 19:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

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  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!
  • 1 Tim 1:13-16 : 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and our Lord’s grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus. 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them! 16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.
  • Luke 15:4-7 : 4 “Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because 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 to repent.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
  • Matt 1:21 : 21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
  • Matt 10:6 : 6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  • Matt 15:24 : 24 So he answered,“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
  • Rom 5:6 : 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
  • Matt 9:12-13 : 12 When Jesus heard this he said,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. 13 Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  • Luke 5:31-32 : 31 Jesus answered them,“Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him. 10 In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

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  • 9Then Jesus said to him,“Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

  • 56and they went on to another village.

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    12What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

    13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

    14In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

  • Luke 15:3-11
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    3So Jesus told them this parable:

    4“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because 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 to repent.

    8“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

    9Then when she has found 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 God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

    11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

  • 34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

  • 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

  • 45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

  • 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

  • 17When Jesus heard this he said to them,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

  • 24because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

  • Luke 9:24-25
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    24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.

    25For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

  • 6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • 37When they found him, they said,“Everyone is looking for you.”

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    30But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

    31Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

    32It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

  • Matt 9:12-13
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    12When Jesus heard this he said,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

    13Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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    25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

    26For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

  • 5And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him,“Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today.”

  • 28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

  • 19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

  • 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

  • 35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.

  • 10As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

  • 39Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”

  • 24So he answered,“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

  • 35The Man’s Response to Jesus Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him,“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

  • 33Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

  • 11The Parable of the Ten Minas While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

  • 16The Rich Young Man Now someone came up to him and said,“Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”

  • 1The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

  • 26So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

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    17But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

    18I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

  • 47If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

  • 9Heal the sick in that town and say to them,‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’