She is going to have a son and you should name Him Jesus, for He is the One who will save His people from their sins.”
Luke 19:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) For the Son of man came to search for and save those who were lost.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost. American Standard Version (1901) For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost. Common English Bible The Human Onecame to seek and save the lost.” Catholic Public Domain Version For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. |
She is going to have a son and you should name Him Jesus, for He is the One who will save His people from their sins.”
He answered them, “I was sent only to the straying sheep of the Israelites.”
Make sure you do not look down on any one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of Christ]. For I tell you, their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
{Some ancient manuscripts include this verse:} For the Son of man came to save those who were lost.}
But it was [only] proper that we celebrate and have a good time, for this brother of yours was dead [spiritually], but is [now] alive again; he was lost [from me] but [now] is found.’”
“Or what woman, who has ten silver coins [Note: These coins each amounted to about one twelve-hour day of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $108 in 2005], and if she loses one of them, would not light a lamp, sweep the house and search for it diligently until she finds it?
For God did not send His Son into the world to be its judge [i.e., to condemn it], but [rather] so that the people of the world could be saved [from condemnation] though Him.
Someone would not likely die to rescue a righteous person, though possibly someone would dare to die in order to rescue a good person.
So, He is also able to save completely those people who approach God through Him, since He lives forever to intercede [i.e., to plead to God] on their behalf.