I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
Matthew 10:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. American Standard Version (1901) but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Common English Bible Go instead to the lost sheep, the people of Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. |
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
“Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
“My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.
The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the crippled you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.
My sheep were scattered, they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.
As I live, says the Lord God, because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd; and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep;
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
but declared first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.
God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness.”
For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.