Bible Cross References
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 5:31
Jesus answered them, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts."
Luke 15:4-7
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"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them---what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it.
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When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders
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and carry it back home. Then you call your friends and neighbors together and say to them, 'I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!'
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In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.
Luke 15:32-7
Ezekiel 34:16
"I will look for those that are lost, bring back those that wander off, bandage those that are hurt, and heal those that are sick; but those that are fat and strong I will destroy, because I am a shepherd who does what is right.
Matthew 1:21
She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus---because he will save his people from their sins."
Matthew 9:12
Jesus heard them and answered, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.
Matthew 9:13
Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: 'It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.' I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts."
Matthew 10:6
Instead, you are to go to the lost sheep of the people of Israel.
Matthew 15:24
Then Jesus replied, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the people of Israel."
Matthew 18:11
Romans 5:6
For when we were still helpless, Christ died for the wicked at the time that God chose.
1 Timothy 1:13-16
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even though in the past I spoke evil of him and persecuted and insulted him. But God was merciful to me because I did not yet have faith and so did not know what I was doing.
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And our Lord poured out his abundant grace on me and gave me the faith and love which are ours in union with Christ Jesus.
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This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them,
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but God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the worst of sinners, as an example for all those who would later believe in him and receive eternal life.
Hebrews 7:25
And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.
1 John 4:9-14
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And God showed his love for us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have life through him.
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This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.
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Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another.
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No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.
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We are sure that we live in union with God and that he lives in union with us, because he has given us his Spirit.
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And we have seen and tell others that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.