Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Bible References
General references
Luke 5:31
But Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.
Luke 15:4
"Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn't he?
Ezekiel 34:16
"I'm going to seek both the lost as well as the scattered, and bring them both back so their broken bones can be set and the sick can be healed. But in righteousness I'll exterminate the fat and the stiff-necked.'"
Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins."
Matthew 9:12
When Jesus heard that, he said, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.
Matthew 10:6
Instead, go to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.
Matthew 15:24
But he replied, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel."
Matthew 18:11
For the Son of Man came to save the lost."
Romans 5:6
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, the Messiah died for the ungodly.
1 Timothy 1:13
In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief,
Hebrews 7:25
Therefore, because he always lives to intercede for them, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him.
1 John 4:9
This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent his unique Son into the world so that we might live through him.