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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Jeremiah 50:6
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6 (A)“My people have been lost sheep. (B)Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.
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1 Peter 2:25
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25 For (A)you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to (B)the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Ezekiel 34:6
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6 they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, (A)with none to search or seek for them.
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Acts 13:46
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46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God (A)be spoken first to you. (B)Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves (C)unworthy of eternal life, behold, we (D)are turning to the Gentiles.
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Isaiah 53:6
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6 (A)All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
(B)and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Psalm 119:176
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176 I have (A)gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,
for I do not (B)forget your commandments.
Acts 3:26
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26 (A)God, (B)having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, (C)to bless you (D)by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”
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Matthew 15:24-26
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24 He answered, (A)“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and (B)knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and (C)throw it to the dogs.”
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Acts 28:25-28
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25 And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: (A)“The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
26 (B)“‘Go to this people, and say,
(C)“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
27 (D)For this people's heart has grown dull,
and with their ears they can barely hear,
and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
and (E)turn, and I would heal them.’
28 Therefore let it be known to you that (F)this (G)salvation of God (H)has been sent to the Gentiles; (I)they will listen.”[a]
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- Acts 28:28 Some manuscripts add verse 29: And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, having much dispute among themselves
Matthew 18:10
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “See that you do not despise (A)one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of my Father who is in heaven.[a]
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- Matthew 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost
Ezekiel 34:8
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8 (A)As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because (B)my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep,
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Romans 11:11-15
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Gentiles Grafted In
11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass (A)salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion[a] mean!
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as (B)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and (C)thus save some of them. 15 For if their rejection means (D)the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
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- Romans 11:12 Greek their fullness
Acts 18:6
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6 And when they opposed and reviled him, (A)he shook out his garments and said to them, (B)“Your blood be on your own heads! (C)I am innocent. (D)From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
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Luke 24:47
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47 and that (A)repentance for[a] the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed (B)in his name (C)to all nations, (D)beginning from Jerusalem.
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- Luke 24:47 Some manuscripts and
Luke 15:3-10
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3 So he told them this parable: 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.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (I)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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- Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day's wage for a laborer
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
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