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Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray?
He heard this and said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ Then the celebration began.
But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” The Parable of the Ten Gold Coins.
and they journeyed to another village. The Would-be Followers of Jesus.
A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.
And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost.
