aaSee John 10:11
Psalms 119:176
176I have agone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,for I do not bforget your commandments.
Matthew 18:12-14
12 cWhat do you think? dIf 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. 14So eit is not the will of my ▼▼Some manuscripts your
Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. Luke 15:3-7
3So he told them this parable: 4 g“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, hif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine iin the open country, and jgo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, khe 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 lI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who mrepents than over ninety-nine nrighteous persons who need no repentance.Romans 3:10-19
10as it is written:o“None is righteous, no, not one;
11no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 p“Their throat is qan open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
r“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 s“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 t“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16in their paths are ruin and misery,
17and uthe way of peace they have not known.”
18 v“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19Now we know that whatever wthe law says it speaks to those who are under the law, xso that every mouth may be stopped, and ythe whole world may be held accountable to God.
1 Peter 2:25
25For zyou were straying like sheep, but have now returned to aathe Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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