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Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.
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Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
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1 Timothy 1 13-1 Timothy 1 16
even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief,and the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance:“ Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”— and I am the worst of them.But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in him for eternal life.
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Romans 5:6
For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.
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Luke 15:4-7
“ What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them,‘ Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.
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Luke 5:31-32
Jesus replied to them,“ It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are sick.I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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Matthew 15:24
He replied,“ I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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Luke 15:32
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
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Matthew 10:6
Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Matthew 9:12-13
Now when he heard this, he said,“ It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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1John 4:9-14
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Hebrews 7:25
Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.
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Matthew 18:10
“ See to it that you don’t despise one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of my Father in heaven.