Ezekiel 34:16
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16 (A)I will seek the lost, (B)and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and (C)the fat and the strong I will destroy.[a] I will feed them in justice.
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- Ezekiel 34:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over
Luke 19:10
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10 For (A)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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Isaiah 49:26
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26 (A)I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk (B)with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that (C)I am the Lord your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Luke 15:4-7
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4 (A)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, (B)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine (C)in the open country, and (D)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, (E)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (F)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who (G)repents than over ninety-nine (H)righteous persons who need no repentance.
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Luke 5:31-32
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31 And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 (A)I have not come to call the righteous (B)but sinners (C)to repentance.”
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Ezekiel 34:11
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The Lord God Will Seek Them Out
11 “For thus says the Lord God: (A)Behold, I, I (B)myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.
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Micah 4:6-7
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The Lord Shall Rescue Zion
6 (A)In that day, declares the Lord,
(B)I will assemble the (C)lame
and gather those who have been driven away
and those whom I have afflicted;
7 and the lame I will make (D)the remnant,
and those who were cast off, a strong nation;
and (E)the Lord will reign over them (F)in Mount Zion
from this time forth and forevermore.
Ezekiel 39:18
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18 (A)You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them (B)fat beasts of Bashan.
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Isaiah 10:16
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16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts
will send wasting sickness among his (A)stout warriors,
and under his glory (B)a burning will be kindled,
like the burning of fire.
Isaiah 5:17
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17 Then shall the lambs graze (A)as in their pasture,
and (B)nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
Mark 2:17
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17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. (A)I came not to call the righteous, (B)but sinners.”
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Micah 7:14
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14 (A)Shepherd your people (B)with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
(C)in the midst of (D)a garden land;[a]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:14 Hebrew of Carmel
Jeremiah 10:24
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24 (A)Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
Jeremiah 9:15
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15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them (B)poisonous water to drink.
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Isaiah 40:11
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11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
(B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
Matthew 18:10-14
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “See that you do not despise (A)one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of my Father who is in heaven.[a] 12 (D)What do you think? (E)If a man 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 say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14 So (F)it is not the will of my[b] Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
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- Matthew 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost
- Matthew 18:14 Some manuscripts your
Matthew 15:24
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24 He answered, (A)“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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Amos 4:1-3
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4 “Hear this word, (A)you cows of Bashan,
who are (B)on the mountain of Samaria,
(C)who oppress the poor, (D)who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
2 (E)The Lord God has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
(F)when they shall take you away with hooks,
(G)even the last of you with fishhooks.
3 (H)And you shall go out through the breaches,
each one straight ahead;
and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:11
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11 (A)“Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,
Jeremiah 23:15
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15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
(A)“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
(B)and give them (C)poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
2 (D)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
(E)and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(F)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(G)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(H)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (I)that he may be glorified.[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
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