Matthew 10:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Cross References

Psalm 119:176

I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek out your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

Isaiah 53:6

We had all gone astray like sheep, all following our own way; But the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel was a stray sheep that lions pursued; The king of Assyria once devoured him; now Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon gnaws his bones.

Jeremiah 50:6

Lost sheep were my people, their shepherds misled them, leading them astray on the mountains; From mountain to hill they wandered, forgetting their fold.

Ezekiel 34:16

The lost I will search out, the strays I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, and the sick I will heal; but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them in judgment. Separation of the Sheep.

Ezekiel 34:4

You did not strengthen the weak nor heal the sick nor bind up the injured. You did not bring back the stray or seek the lost but ruled them harshly and brutally.

Ezekiel 34:6

and wandered over all the mountains and high hills; over the entire surface of the earth my sheep were scattered. No one looked after them or searched for them.

Ezekiel 34:8

As I live—oracle of the Lord God—because my sheep became plunder, because my sheep became food for wild beasts, for lack of a shepherd, because my shepherds did not look after my sheep, but pastured themselves and did not pasture my sheep,

Matthew 18:10

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father. [

Matthew 18:11

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Luke 24:47

and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Acts 13:46

Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first, but since you reject it and condemn yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

Acts 18:6

When they opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your heads! I am clear of responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Acts 26:20

On the contrary, first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem and throughout the whole country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached the need to repent and turn to God, and to do works giving evidence of repentance.

Acts 3:26

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

1 Peter 2:25

For you had gone astray like sheep, but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.