Luke 19:10
Ezekiel 34:16
“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.
Matthew 9:12-13
But when Jesus heard this, He said,
Luke 15:32
Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus (The Lord is salvation), for He will
Matthew 10:6
Matthew 15:24
He answered,
Luke 15:4-7
Romans 5:6
While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly.
1 Timothy 1:13-16
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.
Hebrews 7:25
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].
1 John 4:9-14
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.
Matthew 18:10
Luke 5:31-32
And Jesus replied to them,