It can not be. But let God be true, though every man be a liar, as it is written: That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: For this cause I will give praise to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.

For

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

Even you, being dead to offenses and sins,

General references

For the Son of man has come to save that which is lost.

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

And they glorified God in me.