Matthew 18:12
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12 (A)“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?
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Ezekiel 34:12
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12 As a (A)shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on (B)a cloudy and dark day.
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Luke 15:4-7
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4 (A)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, (B)‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep (C)which was lost!’ 7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents (D)than over ninety-nine [a]just persons who (E)need no repentance.
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- Luke 15:7 upright
Ezekiel 34:16
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16 (A)“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy (B)the fat and the strong, and feed them (C)in judgment.”
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Ezekiel 34:28
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28 And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but (A)they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid.
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Ezekiel 34:6
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6 My sheep (A)wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”
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1 Peter 2:25
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25 For (A)you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned (B)to the Shepherd and [a]Overseer of your souls.
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- 1 Peter 2:25 Gr. Episkopos
Isaiah 53:6
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6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord [a]has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
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- Isaiah 53:6 Lit. has caused to land on Him
Matthew 12:11
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11 Then He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
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Jeremiah 50:6
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6 “My people have been (A)lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them (B)astray;
They have turned them away on (C)the mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their resting place.
John 10:11-21
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11 (A)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a [a]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (B)leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and (C)I know My sheep, and (D)am known by My own. 15 (E)As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; (F)and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And (G)other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; (H)and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
17 “Therefore My Father (I)loves Me, (J)because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I (K)have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. (L)This command I have received from My Father.”
19 Therefore (M)there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. 20 And many of them said, (N)“He has a demon and is [b]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. (O)Can a demon (P)open the eyes of the blind?”
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- John 10:12 hired man
- John 10:20 insane
Psalm 119:176
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176 (A)I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.
Matthew 21:28
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The Parable of the Two Sons
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my (A)vineyard.’
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