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Jeremiah 50:6
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Jeremiah 50:6
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6 “My people have been lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them astray
and turned them loose in the mountains.
They have lost their way
and can’t remember how to get back to the sheepfold.
Isaiah 53:6
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Isaiah 53:6
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6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.
Isaiah 53:6
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Isaiah 53:6
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Matthew 9:36
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Matthew 9:36
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36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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Matthew 9:36
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Matthew 9:36
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36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,(A) because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.(B)
Matthew 10:6
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Matthew 10:6
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6 but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep.
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Matthew 10:6
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Matthew 10:6
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6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.(A)
Ezekiel 34:14
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Ezekiel 34:14
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14 Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in the lush pastures of the hills.
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Ezekiel 34:14
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Ezekiel 34:14
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14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel(A) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture(B) on the mountains of Israel.(C)
Jeremiah 50:17
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Jeremiah 50:17
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Hope for God’s People
17 “The Israelites are like sheep
that have been scattered by lions.
First the king of Assyria ate them up.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylon cracked their bones.”
Footnotes
- 50:17 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar.
Jeremiah 3:6
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Jeremiah 3:6
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Judah Follows Israel’s Example
6 During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree.
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Jeremiah 3:6
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Jeremiah 3:6
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Unfaithful Israel
6 During the reign of King Josiah,(A) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless(B) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree(C) and has committed adultery(D) there.
Psalm 119:176
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Psalm 119:176
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176 I have wandered away like a lost sheep;
come and find me,
for I have not forgotten your commands.
Psalm 119:176
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Psalm 119:176
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Psalm 23:2
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Psalm 23:2
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2 He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.
Psalm 23:2
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Psalm 23:2
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2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,(A)
1 Peter 2:25
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1 Peter 2:25
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25 Once you were like sheep
who wandered away.
But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
the Guardian of your souls.
1 Peter 2:25
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1 Peter 2:25
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25 For “you were like sheep going astray,”[a](A) but now you have returned to the Shepherd(B) and Overseer of your souls.(C)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:25 Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint)
Luke 15:4-7
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Luke 15:4-7
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4 “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. 6 When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!
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Luke 15:4-7
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Luke 15:4-7
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4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?(A) 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’(B) 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.(C)
Matthew 18:10-13
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Matthew 18:10-13
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10 “Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.[a]
Parable of the Lost Sheep
12 “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? 13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!
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- 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11, And the Son of Man came to save those who are lost. Compare Luke 19:10.
Matthew 18:10-13
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Matthew 18:10-13
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The Parable of the Wandering Sheep(A)
10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels(B) in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. [11] [a]
12 “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
Footnotes
- Matthew 18:11 Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10.
Matthew 15:24
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Matthew 15:24
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24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
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Matthew 15:24
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Matthew 15:24
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24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”(A)
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