Luke 19:10

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Summary

Luke 19:10

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

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And Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but [only] those who are sick.

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost, [searching] until he finds it?

“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment.

She will give birth to a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus (The Lord is salvation), for He will save His people from their sins.”

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but [only] those who are sick.

but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

He answered, “I was commissioned by God and sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

[For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]

While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly.

even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.

Therefore He is able also to save forever (completely, perfectly, for eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede and intervene on their behalf [with God].

By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.