100 Bible Verses about The Lost Sheep

Luke 15:3-7 ESV / 193 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Matthew 18:12-14 ESV / 107 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Luke 19:10 ESV / 97 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

John 10:11 ESV / 57 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

James 5:19-20 ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Luke 15:4 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Matthew 15:24 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Luke 15:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

Matthew 18:14 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Psalm 119:176 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:3 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Luke 15:4-7 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 15:1-7 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ...

Jeremiah 50:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.

Isaiah 53:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Luke 15:7 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ...

Romans 6:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

Matthew 18:10-14 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Luke 15:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

Ezekiel 34:11-16 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. ...

1 Peter 2:25 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Matthew 18:12 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?

Luke 15:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So he told them this parable:

Matthew 10:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 34:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.

Ezekiel 34:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.

Luke 15:8 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?

Luke 15:8-10 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’

Luke 15:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Matthew 9:36 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

John 10:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

John 10:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

Psalm 100:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Matthew 18:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Luke 1:1-80 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ...

Matthew 18:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

Psalm 23:1-3 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

John 10:26-28 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ...

Luke 14:1-35 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” ...

Luke 5:32 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

Matthew 9:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Isaiah 40:10-11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Psalm 79:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

John 10:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Matthew 7:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Hebrews 1:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Romans 10:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 8:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Luke 15:1-10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ...

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ...

Ezekiel 34:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

They wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.

Jeremiah 31:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ...

John 10:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:1-18 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ...

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? ...

Matthew 18:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 17:1-27 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” ...

Psalm 23:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Galatians 2:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.

2 Corinthians 4:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

Acts 11:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

Luke 19:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

Luke 15:32 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”

Luke 15:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Matthew 9:36-38 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Psalm 34:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

Luke 5:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.

Matthew 18:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Romans 10:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);

Luke 15:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them.

Matthew 13:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 3:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Zechariah 7:1-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev. Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to entreat the favor of the Lord, saying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I weep and abstain in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?” Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me: “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted? ...

Isaiah 45:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Isaiah 53:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.