Psalms 119:176
176I have agone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,for I do not bforget your commandments.
Isaiah 53:6
6 cAll we like sheep have gone astray;we have turned—every one—to his own way;
dand the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Jeremiah 50:17
17 e“Israel is a hunted sheep fdriven away by lions. gFirst the king of Assyria hdevoured him, and now at last iNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon jhas gnawed his bones.Matthew 9:36
36 kWhen he saw the crowds, lhe had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, mlike sheep without a shepherd.Matthew 10:6
6 nbut go rather to othe lost sheep of pthe house of Israel.Matthew 15:24
24He answered, q“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”Matthew 18:11-13
12 rWhat do you think? sIf 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? 13And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.Luke 15:4-7
4 t“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, uif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine vin the open country, and wgo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, xhe lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for yI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who zrepents than over ninety-nine aarighteous persons who need no repentance.
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