William Burkitt on Luke 19:10

Observe,

1. A description of man's deplorable state, and undone condition: he is lost.

2. The care of Christ to seek and recover man out of that lost state: The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which is lost.

Learn,

1. That man's condition is a lost condition, and every unregenerated man is a lost man; he has lost his God, his soul, his happiness, his excellency, his liberty, his ability.

2. The great errand that Christ came into the world upon, it was to seek and to save lost sinners: this he does by his blood, by his word, by his Spirit, and by his rod.