I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Matthew 10:6 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaAmplified 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. English Standard Version 2016 but go 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 hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.