Matthew 10:6

Christian Standard Bible

Instead, go to the lost sheep   of the house of Israel.

Cross References

Jeremiah 50:6

My people were lost sheep; their shepherds led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They wandered from mountain to hill; they forgot their resting place.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were like sheep going astray,   , but you have now returned to the Shepherd  and Overseer  of your souls.

Acts 13:46

Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Ezekiel 34:6

My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill.  My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.

Isaiah 53:6

We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for  the iniquity  of us all.

Acts 3:26

God raised up his servant  and sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

Matthew 18:10

“See to it that you don’t despise one of these little ones,   because I tell you that in heaven their angels   continually view the face of my Father in heaven.   ,

Ezekiel 34:8

As I live #— #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #— #because my flock, lacking a shepherd, has become prey and food for every wild animal, and because my shepherds do not search for my flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than my flock,

Acts 26:20

Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

Acts 18:6

When they resisted and blasphemed,  he shook out his clothes  and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads!  I am innocent.  From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Luke 24:47

and repentance for   forgiveness of sins   will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations,   beginning at Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost,  bring back the strays, bandage the injured,  and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy  the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions. The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria; the last who crushed his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost.  Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.