The connection of the day

Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

Two verses, written centuries apart, holding the same thread. John 1:1 carries 292,374 of them. The app is built on them.