Luke 15:5

Luke 15:5
And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

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Psalms 23:5
You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.

Psalms 95:7
For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!

Psalms 100:3
Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.

Jeremiah 23:1
A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:5
And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.

Ezekiel 34:11
For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.

Zechariah 13:7
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

Matthew 12:11
And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

Matthew 25:32
And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

John 10:13
Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

John 10:14
I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,

John 10:15
Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.

John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

John 17:13
And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

Acts 20:28
Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

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Isaiah 61:1
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

Isaiah 61:2
To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

Isaiah 61:3
To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

Luke 15:22
But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

John 4:34
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

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Isaiah 46:3
Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:

Isaiah 46:4
Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.

Isaiah 63:9
It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

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Isaiah 66:11
So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.

Isaiah 66:12
For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees.

Isaiah 66:13
As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

Romans 12:15
Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

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Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure in the death of the evil-doer? says the Lord: am I not pleased if he is turned from his way so that he may have life?

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Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?

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Luke 10:21
In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

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Luke 15:1
Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.

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