²⁴ For this my son ^(A)was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

⁵ even ^(A)when we were dead in our trespasses, ^(B)made us alive together with Christ—^(C)by grace you have been saved—

^13 (A)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God ^(B)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

^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?

By Grace Through Faith

2 ^(A)And you were ^(B)dead in the trespasses and sins

³² It was fitting ^(A)to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother ^(B)was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”

² For the law of ^(A)the Spirit of life ^(B)has set you^[a] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

¹¹ So you also must consider yourselves ^(A)dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.