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Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
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He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.
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“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?
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and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’
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The Parable of the Lost Coin
“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
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And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
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The Parable of the Lost Son
Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.
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For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
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But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
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For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
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This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”
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Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them,
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But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed.
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Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
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Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
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What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
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They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
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But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.
