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 50:6
6 e“My people have been lost sheep. fTheir shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.Ezekiel 34:16
16 gI will seek the lost, hand I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and ithe fat and the strong I will destroy. ▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over
I will feed them in justice. Ezekiel 34:28
28 kThey shall no more be a prey to the nations, lnor shall the beasts of the land devour them. mThey shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.Matthew 12:11
11He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, nif it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?Luke 15:4-7
4 o“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, pif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine qin the open country, and rgo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, she 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 tI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who urepents than over ninety-nine vrighteous persons who need no repentance.
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