They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”
Mark 10:32-34

I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
Isaiah 50:6-7

As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
Luke 9:51

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I MYSELF will search for MY sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after MY sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.”
Ezekiel 34:11-12

Now the tax collectors and “sinners” were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.
Luke 15:1-4a

Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep UNTIL he finds it?
Luke 15:4b

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-8

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12

“Three days later he will rise.”
Mark10:32-34

And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.
Luke 15:5-6

In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
John 14:2-3