KJV King James Version
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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Luke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
WEB World English Bible
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
ASV American Standard Version
For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’
Surrounding context — Luke 19
7 And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore [him] fourfold.
9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
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Ezekiel 34:16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.1 Timothy 1:13-16Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.Luke 5:31-32And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.Luke 15:4-7What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?Matthew 9:12-13But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Luke 15:32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.Hebrews 7:25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.Matthew 10:6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.1 John 4:9-14In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.Matthew 18:10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
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