9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Love
• Redemption
• Shepherd

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 4:9 — In 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.
• 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• 1Tim 1:15 — This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
• Acts 11:14 — Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
• Ezek 34:11 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
• Ezek 34:12 — As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the
• Ezek 34:16 — I 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;
• Ezek 34:16 — I 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;
• Gen 37:16 — And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
• Heb 7:25 — Wherefore 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.
• Isa 62:12 — And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• John 1:43 — The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
• John 3:15 — That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
• John 3:17 — For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
• John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
• John 10:10 — The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
• John 12:47 — And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
• Luke 5:31 — And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
• Luke 5:32 — I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
• Luke 9:56 — For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
• Luke 15:4 — 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?
• Luke 15:4 — 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?
• Luke 15:8 — Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
• Luke 15:24 — For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
• Luke 15:32 — It 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.
• Luke 19:5 — And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
• Luke 23:43 — And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
• Mark 2:16 — And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
• Mark 2:17 — When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
• Matt 1:21 — And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
• Matt 9:12 — But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
• Matt 9:13 — But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
• Matt 10:6 — But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
• Matt 15:24 — But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
• Matt 18:10 — Take 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.
• Mic 4:6 — In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
• Ps 119:176 — I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
• Rom 5:6 — For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.