Luke 19:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.””
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BSBPD
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 19:10 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Matthew 9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- Matthew 10:6Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
- Matthew 15:24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- Luke 5:31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- Luke 15:4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
- Luke 15:8Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
- Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
- Romans 5:6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- 1 John 4:9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
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