LSB #609 "Jesus Sinners Doth Receive"

Biblical citations in the hymnal:  Luke 15:2-4, Luke 5:31-32, Matthew 9:12-13, 1 Timothy 1:15-16, 1 Peter 1:18-19

Luke 15:2-4:  "2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, 'This man receives sinners and eats with them.'

"3 So he told them this parable:  4 '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?'"

Luke 5:31-32:  "31 And Jesus answered them, 'Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.  32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.'''

Matthew 9:12-13:  "12 But when he heard it, he said, 'Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.  13 Go and learn what this means, "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice."  For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.'"

1 Timothy 1:15-16:  "15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.  16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life."

1 Peter 1:18-19:  "18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot."

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The text is public domain:

Jesus sinners doth receive;

Oh, may all this saying ponder

Who in sin's delusions live

And from God and heaven wander!

Here is hope for all who grieve:

Jesus sinners doth receive.

We deserve but grief and shame,

Yet His words, rich grace revealing,

Pardon, peace, and life proclaim;

Here our ills have perfect healing.

Firmly in these words believe:

Jesus sinners doth receive.

Sheep that from the fold did stray

No true shepherd e'er forsaketh;

Weary souls that lost their way

Christ, the Shepherd, gently taketh

In His arms that they may live:

Jesus sinners doth receive.

I, a sinner, come to Thee

With a penitent confession.

Savior, mercy show to me;

Grant for all my sins remission.

Let these words my soul relieve:

Jesus sinners doth receive.

Oh, how blest it is to know:

Were as scarlet my transgression,

It shall be as white as snow

By Thy blood and bitter passion;

For these words I now believe:

Jesus sinners doth receive.

Now my conscience is at peace;

From the Law I stand acquitted.

Christ hath purchased my release

And my ev'ry sin remitted.

Naught remains my soul to grieve:

Jesus sinners doth receive.

Jesus sinners doth receive;

Also I have been forgiven;

And when I this earth must leave,

I shall find an open heaven.

Dying, still to Him I cleave:

Jesus sinners doth receive.

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Most of the cited passages are found in the repeated line "Jesus sinners doth receive."  The third verse draws a bit more from the passage from Luke 15 (the lost sheep), but it also brings in some of the Good Shepherd imagery from John 10.

The verses from 1 Peter appear in the fifth and sixth verses:  "Christ hath purchased my release" and "By Thy blood and bitter passion."  The fifth verse also draws from Isaiah 1:18:  "'Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD:  though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.'"