Mat 18:11-13, Mar 2:17, Luk 5:32, 15:3-10, 19:10, Rom 3:10-24 | ESV

12 ^aWhat do you think? ^bIf a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

Mark 2:17

17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ^cI came not to call the righteous, ^dbut sinners.”

Luke 5:32

32 ^eI have not come to call the righteous ^fbut sinners ^gto repentance.”

Luke 15:3-10

3 So he told them this parable: 4 ^h“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, ⁱif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine ^jin the open country, and ^kgo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, ^lhe 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 ^mI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who ⁿrepents than over ninety-nine ^orighteous persons who need no repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, ^{▼▼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} 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 ^qthe angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 19:10

10 For ^rthe Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Romans 3:10-24

10 as it is written:

^s“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 ^t“Their throat is ^uan open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
^v“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 ^w“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 ^x“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and ^ythe way of peace they have not known.”
18 ^z“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever ^aathe law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^abso that every mouth may be stopped, and ^acthe whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For ^adby works of the law no human being ^{▼▼Greek flesh} will be justified in his sight, since ^afthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.

The Righteousness of God Through Faith

21 But now ^agthe righteousness of God ^ahhas been manifested apart from the law, although ^aithe Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God ^ajthrough faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. ^akFor there is no distinction: 23 for ^alall have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 ^amand are justified ^anby his grace as a gift, ^aothrough the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,