Lost Sheep

And he spake unto them this parable, saying, — read the full passage →

How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray? — read the full passage →

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it? — read the full passage →

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? — read the full passage →

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: — read the full passage →

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. — read the full passage →

My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.

For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I and the Father are one.

I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. — read the full passage →

And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. — read the full passage →

I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.

And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. — read the full passage →

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.

and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and yet unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:

Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; — read the full passage →

And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word. — read the full passage →

even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. — read the full passage →

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.

Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true. — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.