Matthew 18:12-13
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12 (A)What do you think? (B)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.
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Matthew 9:36
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36 (A)When he saw the crowds, (B)he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, (C)like sheep without a shepherd.
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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
Matthew 10:6
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6 (A)but go rather to (B)the lost sheep of (C)the house of Israel.
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Zechariah 11:15-16
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15 Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of (A)a foolish shepherd. 16 For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd (B)who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but (C)devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.
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Revelation 17:5-6
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5 And on her forehead was written a name of (A)mystery: (B)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” 6 And I saw the woman, drunk (C)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (D)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]
When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
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- Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus
Exodus 1:13-14
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13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel (A)work as slaves 14 and (B)made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
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Revelation 13:14-17
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14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[a] the beast (A)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast (B)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not (C)worship the image of the beast (D)to be slain. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,[b] (E)to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, (F)the name of the beast or (G)the number of its name.
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- Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of
- Revelation 13:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
1 Peter 5:2-3
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2 (A)shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[a] (B)not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;[b] (C)not for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not (D)domineering over those in your charge, but (E)being examples to the flock.
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- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
Hebrews 12:12
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12 Therefore (A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,
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James 5:1-6
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Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you. 2 (C)Your riches have rotted and (D)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (E)You have laid up treasure (F)in the last days. 4 Behold, (G)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (H)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (I)the Lord of hosts. 5 (J)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (K)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (L)a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and (M)murdered (N)the righteous person. He does not resist you.
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2 Corinthians 1:24
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24 Not that we (A)lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm (B)in your faith.
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Jeremiah 8:22
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22 Is there no (A)balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of the daughter of my people
not been restored?
Luke 15:4-6
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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.’
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Matthew 24:49
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49 and begins to beat his fellow servants[a] and eats and drinks with (A)drunkards,
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- Matthew 24:49 Or bondservants
Matthew 21:35
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35 (A)And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and (B)stoned another.
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Jeremiah 22:13
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13 (A)“Woe to him who builds his house by (B)unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
(C)who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
Isaiah 56:10
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10 (A)His watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent (B)dogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
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