Matthew 10:6
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6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.(A)
Jeremiah 50:6
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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)
Acts 13:46
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46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first.(A) Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.(B)
Ezekiel 34:6
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6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill.(A) They were scattered(B) over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.(C)
Isaiah 53:6
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Psalm 119:176
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Acts 28:25-28
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25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said(A) through Isaiah the prophet:
26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(B)
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](C)
28 “Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation(D) has been sent to the Gentiles,(E) and they will listen!”
Footnotes
- Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
Acts 3:26
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26 When God raised up(A) his servant, he sent him first(B) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
Matthew 15:24-26
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24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”(A)
25 The woman came and knelt before him.(B) “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
Romans 11:11-15
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Ingrafted Branches
11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!(A) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(B) to make Israel envious.(C) 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,(D) how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!
13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,(E) I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy(F) and save(G) some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation(H) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?(I)
Luke 15:3-10
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3 Then Jesus told them this parable:(A) 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?(B) 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.’(C) 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.(D)
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’(E) 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”(F)
Footnotes
- Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas, each worth about a day’s wages
Matthew 18:10
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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.
Ezekiel 34:8
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8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered(A) and has become food for all the wild animals,(B) and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,(C)
Luke 24:47
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47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name(A) to all nations,(B) beginning at Jerusalem.(C)
Ezekiel 34:16
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16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(A) the injured and strengthen the weak,(B) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(C) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(D)
Jeremiah 50:17
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