Luke 15:24

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Luke 15:24

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

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Luke 15:4

Luke 19:10

Matthew 18:11

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Matthew 18:11

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We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

Then they reached Bethsaida. A blind man was brought to him with the request that he would touch him.

for as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, so the Son makes anyone live whom he chooses.

Jesus said to her, "I am myself resurrection and life: he who believes in me will live, even if he dies,

So you must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

the law of the Spirit brings the life which is in Christ Jesus, and that law has set me free from the law of sin and death.

for I am controlled by the love of Christ, convinced that as One has died for all, then all have died,

And as with us so with you. You were dead in the trespasses and sins

Thus it is said, 'Wake up, O sleeper, and rise from the dead; so Christ will shine upon you.'

For though you were dead in your trespasses, your flesh uncircumcised, He made you live with Christ, He forgave us all our trespasses,

whereas the widow who plunges into dissipation is dead before ever she dies.

These people are stains on your love-feasts; they have no qualms about carousing in your midst, they look after none but themselves ??rainless clouds, swept along by the wind, trees in autumn without fruit, doubly dead and so uprooted,

Then to the angel of the church at Sardis write thus: ??These are the words of him who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your doings, you have the name of being alive, but you are dead.

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"Which of you with a hundred sheep, if he loses one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one till he finds it?

For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."

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So, I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over a single sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

I have indeed given you the power of treading on serpents and scorpions and of trampling down all the power of the Enemy; nothing shall injure you.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Thus if one member suffers, all the members share its suffering; if one member is honoured, all the members share its honour.

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