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Bible Verses About the lost sheep

11 key scriptures

What does the Bible say about the lost sheep? Browse 11 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Luke 15:3
King James (KJV)And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

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And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
What 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?
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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