Matthew 18:13
And 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.
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- Zeph 3:17 : 17 The LORD your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
- John 4:34-36 : 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work. 35 Don’t you say,‘There are four more months and then comes the harvest?’ I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest! 36 The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.
- Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Luke 15:5-9 : 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. 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? 9 Then 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.’ 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
- Luke 15:23-24 : 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate, 24 because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
- Ps 147:11 : 11 The LORD takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.
- Isa 53:11 : 11 Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.
- Isa 62:5 : 5 As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Jer 32:37-41 : 37 ‘I will certainly regather my people from all the countries where I will have exiled them in my anger, fury, and great wrath. I will bring them back to this place and allow them to live here in safety. 38 They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them. 40 I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me. 41 I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.’
- Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love?
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12 What 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?
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3 So 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?
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.
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?
9 Then 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.’
10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
11 The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.
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14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
15 Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.
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10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
24 because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
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30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
31 Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.
32 It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
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6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
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44 Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.
46 When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.
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16 I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.
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17 But 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!
18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
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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!
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11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
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26 So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.
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32 All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
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1 Jesus as the Good Shepherd“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2 The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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23 The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
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31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
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37 Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
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43 Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.