Luke 15:24
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24 (A)for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.
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Ephesians 2:5
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5 (A)even when we were dead in trespasses, (B)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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Ezekiel 34:16
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16 (A)“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy (B)the fat and the strong, and feed them (C)in judgment.”
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Colossians 2:13
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13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
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Luke 19:10
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10 (A)for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
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Luke 15:4
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4 (A)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
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Ephesians 2:1
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By Grace Through Faith
2 And (A)you He made alive, (B)who were dead in trespasses and sins,
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Luke 15:32
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32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, (A)for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”
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Romans 8:2
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2 For (A)the law of (B)the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from (C)the law of sin and death.
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Romans 6:11
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11 Likewise you also, [a]reckon yourselves to be (A)dead indeed to sin, but (B)alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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- Romans 6:11 consider
Isaiah 35:10
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10 And the (A)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And (B)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that (A)if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, (B)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
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Romans 12:15
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15 (A)Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
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John 11:25
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25 Jesus said to her, “I am (A)the resurrection and the life. (B)He who believes in Me, though he may (C)die, he shall live.
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Ephesians 5:14
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14 Therefore He says:
(A)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”
1 Corinthians 12:26
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26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
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John 5:24-25
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Life and Judgment Are Through the Son
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (B)but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (C)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
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Luke 15:7-9
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7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents (A)than over ninety-nine [a]just persons who (B)need no repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman, having ten silver [b]coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’
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1 Timothy 5:6
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6 But she who lives in [a]pleasure is dead while she lives.
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- 1 Timothy 5:6 indulgence
Romans 11:15
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15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be (A)but life from the dead?
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Romans 6:13
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13 And do not present your (A)members as [a]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but (B)present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
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- Romans 6:13 Or weapons
John 5:21
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21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, (A)even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
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Mark 8:22
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A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida
22 Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a (A)blind man to Him, and begged Him to (B)touch him.
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Matthew 18:10-13
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep(A)
10 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of My Father who is in heaven. 11 (D)For[a] the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.
12 (E)“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? 13 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
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- Matthew 18:11 NU omits v. 11.
Ezekiel 34:4
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4 (A)The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor (B)sought what was lost; but with (C)force and [a]cruelty you have ruled them.
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- Ezekiel 34:4 harshness or rigor
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