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Ezekiel 34:16
“ I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will eliminate. I will feed them with judgment.
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Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
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1 Timothy 1 13-1 Timothy 1 16
even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost.Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for 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, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the other ninety nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing.And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them,‘ Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
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Luke 5:31-32
And Jesus answered and said to them,“ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”
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Matthew 15:24
But He answered and said,“ 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 has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’ ”
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Matthew 10:6
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Matthew 9:12-13
But when Jesus heard this, He said,“ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.Now go and learn what this means:‘ I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ for I did not 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 also able to save forever those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
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Matthew 18:10
“ See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.