Jeremiah 50:17
50:17 “The people of Israel are like scattered sheep
which lions have chased away.
First the king of Assyria devoured them.
Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
Psalms 119:176
119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep.
Come looking for your servant,
for I do not forget your commands.
Isaiah 53:6
53:6 All of us had wandered off like sheep;
each of us had strayed off on his own path,
but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
Matthew 9:36
9:36 When
he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 10:6
10:6 Go
instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:24
15:24 So
he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 18:11-13
18:11 [[EMPTY]]
18:12 What do you think? If someone
owns a hundred
sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?
18:13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth,
he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
Luke 15:4-7
15:4 “Which one
of you, if he has a hundred
sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture
and go look for
the one that is lost until he finds it?
15:5 Then
when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6 Returning
home, he calls together
his
friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
15:7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need to repent.
Luke 15:1
The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin
15:1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
Luke 2:25
The Prophecy of Simeon
2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.