Luke 15:24
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24 for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.(A)
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Ephesians 2:5
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5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved—
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- 2.5 Other ancient authorities read in Christ
Ezekiel 34:16
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16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strays, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.(A)
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Colossians 2:13
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13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God[a] made you[b] alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,(A)
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Luke 19:10
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10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
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Luke 15:4
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4 “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing 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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Ephesians 2:1
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Luke 15:32
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32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”(A)
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Romans 8:2
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2 For the law of the Spirit[a] of life in Christ Jesus has set you[b] free from the law of sin and of death.(A)
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Romans 6:11
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11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.(A)
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Isaiah 35:10
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10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.(A)
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.(A) 15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for the one who for their sake died and was raised.
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Romans 12:15
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15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
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John 11:25
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25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live,(A)
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Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
1 Corinthians 12:26
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26 If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.
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John 5:24-25
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24 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.(A)
25 “Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(B)
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Luke 15:7-9
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7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.(A)
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And 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.’
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1 Timothy 5:6
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6 but the widow[a] who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.(A)
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- 5.6 Gk she
Romans 11:15
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15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
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Romans 6:13
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13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments[a] of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments[b] of righteousness.(A)
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John 5:21
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21 Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.(A)
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Mark 8:22
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Jesus Cures a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 They came to Bethsaida. Some people[a] brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.(A)
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Matthew 18:10-13
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.[a](A) 12 What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.
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- 18.10 Other ancient authorities add 18.11, For the Son of Man came to save the lost
Ezekiel 34:4
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4 You have not strengthened the weak; you have not healed the sick; you have not bound up the injured; you have not brought back the strays; you have not sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled them.(A)
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