Luke 15:3-7 Part 1 of 2

So Jesus told them this story: "If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won't he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying 'Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.' In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!"

 

So Jesus told them this story:

Matthew 13:3  He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one: "Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds."

"If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do?"

Ezekiel 34:5-6  "So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal. They have wandered through all the mountains and all the hills, across the face of the earth, yet no one has gone to search for them." (see verses 1-24)

"Won't he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness" 

Exodus 3:1  One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God.

 

"and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?"  

Ezekiel 34:16  "I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes--feed them justice!"  (see verses 1-24)

Psalm 119:176  I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come and find me, for I have not forgotten your commands.

Jeremiah 31:10  "Listen to this message from the LORD, you nations of the world; proclaim it in distant coastlands: The LORD, who scattered his people, will gather them and watch over them as a shepherd does his flock."

Matthew 18:12  "If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won't he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?"

Luke 5:32  "I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent."

Luke 19:10  "For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost."                      

 

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