^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.

¹⁰ For ^(A)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

^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.

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.”

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.

^4 (A)The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, ^(B)the injured you have not bound up, ^(C)the strayed you have not brought back, ^(D)the lost you have not sought, and with force and ^(E)harshness you have ruled them.

The Lord Shall Rescue Zion

^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.