John 11:52

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Yes, he would die for the Jewish people. But he would also die for God’s other children scattered all over the world. He would die to bring them all together and make them one people.

Cross References

John 10:16

I have other sheep too. They are not in this flock here. I must lead them also. They will listen to my voice. In the future there will be one flock and one shepherd.

1 John 2:2

Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. And he is the way all people can have their sins taken away too.

Isaiah 49:6

And now he says, “You are a very important servant to me. You must bring back to me the tribes of Jacob. You must bring back the people of Israel who are still alive. But I have something else for you to do that is even more important: I will make you a light for the other nations. You will show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

1 Peter 1:1

Greetings from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. To God’s chosen people who are away from their homes—people scattered all over the areas of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song to the Lamb: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and with your blood sacrifice you bought people for God from every tribe, language, race of people, and nation.

Romans 3:29

God is not only the God of the Jews. He is also the God of those who are not Jews.

Luke 2:32

He is a light to show your way to the other nations. And he will bring honor to your people Israel.”

James 1:1

Greetings from James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To God’s people who are scattered all over the world.

Ephesians 3:11

This agrees with the plan God had since the beginning of time. He did what he planned, and he did it through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 1:5

And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. This was what God wanted, and it pleased him to do it.

Romans 4:17

As the Scriptures say, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is true before God, the one Abraham believed—the God who gives life to the dead and speaks of things that don’t yet exist as if they are real.

Acts 18:10

I am with you, and no one will be able to hurt you. Many of my people are in this city.”

John 12:32

I will be lifted up from the earth. When that happens, I will draw all people to myself.”

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world!

Hosea 1:10

“In the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which you cannot measure or count. In the same place that God told them, ‘You are not my people,’ he will call them ‘children of the Living God.’

Ezekiel 34:12

If a shepherd is with his sheep when they begin to wander away, he will go searching for them. In the same way I will search for my sheep. I will save them and bring them back from all the places where they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day.

Isaiah 60:4

Look around you! See all the people gathering around. Those are your sons coming from far away, and your daughters are there beside them.

Isaiah 56:8

The Lord GOD said these things. The Israelites were forced to leave their country, but the Lord will gather them together again. He says, “I will bring them back together again!”

Isaiah 55:5

There are nations in places you don’t know, but you will call for them to come. They don’t know you, but they will run to you. This will happen because the Lord, your God, wants it. It will happen because the Holy One of Israel honors you.

Isaiah 49:18

Look up! Look all around you! All of your children are gathering together and coming to you.” The Lord says, “On my life, I promise you this: Your children will be like jewels that you tie around your neck. Your children will be like the necklace that a bride wears.

Psalm 72:19

Praise his glorious name forever! Let his glory fill the whole world. Amen and Amen!

Psalm 22:15

My mouth is as dry as a piece of baked pottery. My tongue is sticking to the roof of my mouth. You have left me dying in the dust.

Genesis 49:10

Men from Judah’s family will be kings. The sign that his family rules will not leave his family before the real king comes. Then many people will obey and serve him.

Psalm 22:27

May those in faraway countries remember the Lord and come back to him. May those in distant lands worship him,

John 1:12

But some people did accept him. They believed in him, and he gave them the right to become children of God.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are his children. But the people in the world don’t understand that we are God’s children, because they have not known him.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God. We have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him. We will see him just as he is.

1 John 3:10

So we can see who God’s children are and who the devil’s children are. These are the ones who are not God’s children: those who don’t do what is right and those who do not love their brothers and sisters in God’s family.

Luke 15:8

“Suppose a woman has ten silver coins, but she loses one of them. She will take a light and clean the house. She will look carefully for the coin until she finds it.