Matthew 18:11

The Passion Translation

“The Son of Man has come to give life to all who are lost.

Cross References

Matthew 10:6

Go instead and find the lost sheep among the people of Israel.

Matthew 15:24

Jesus said, “I’ve only been sent to the lost sheep of Israel.”

Matthew 18:12

Think of it this way: If a man owns a hundred sheep and one lamb wanders away and is lost, won’t he leave the ninety-nine grazing the hillside and thoroughly search for the one lost lamb?

Matthew 9:12

When Jesus overheard this, he spoke up and said, “Healthy people don’t need to see a doctor, but the sick will go for treatment.”

Luke 15:24

For my beloved son was once dead, but now he’s alive! Once he was lost, but now he is found!’ And everyone celebrated with overflowing joy.

Luke 15:32

It’s only right to rejoice and celebrate like this, because your brother was once dead and gone, but now he is alive and back with us again. He was lost, but now he is found!’ ”

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man has come to seek out and to give life to those who are lost.”

Luke 9:56

So they went to another village instead.

John 10:10

A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect —life in its fullness until you overflow!

John 12:47

If you hear my words and refuse to follow them, I do not judge you. For I have not come to judge you but to save you.

John 3:17

“God did not send his Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it!

1 Timothy 1:15

I can testify that the Word is true and deserves to be received by all, for Jesus Christ came into the world to bring sinners back to life—even me, the worst sinner of all!