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Contemporary English Version

Matthew 10:6

Go only to the people of Israel, because they are like a flock of lost sheep.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Minister, Christian;   Sheep;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Lost;   Sheep, Lost;   The Topic Concordance - Day of the Lord;   Disciples/apostles;   Evangelism;   Healing;   Hearing;   Israel/jews;   Kingdom of God;   Receiving;   Sending and Those Sent;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Jews, the;   Sheep;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Gentile;   Healing;   Kingdom of god;   Matthew;   Matthew, gospel of;   Miracles;   Mission;   Pastor;   Sheep;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Destroy, Destruction;   Gospel;   Mission;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel According to;   Samaria;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Healing, Divine;   Household;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Mission(s);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apostles;   Atonement;   Mss;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Am Ha'arez ;   Animals;   Commission;   Disciple (2);   Discourse;   Divorce (2);   Elect, Election ;   Exclusiveness;   Gentiles;   House (2);   Israel, Israelite;   Little Ones;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Mental Characteristics;   Metaphors;   Missions;   Peraea;   Philanthropy;   Plan;   Quotations (2);   Redemption (2);   Salvation;   Seventy (2);   Sheep, Shepherd;   Shepherd;   Universalism (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Apostle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Twelve Apostles, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Perdition;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   Conversion to Christianity;   Didascalia;   Jesus of Nazareth;   New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Instead, go to the lost sheep
King James Version (1611)
But goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.
King James Version
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
English Standard Version
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
New Century Version
But go to the people of Israel, who are like lost sheep.
Amplified Bible
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
But go to the people of Israel. They are like sheep that are lost.
George Lamsa Translation
But above all, go to the sheep which are lost from the house of Israel.
Good News Translation
Instead, you are to go to the lost sheep of the people of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
but go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Literal Translation
But rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
American Standard Version
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
Hebrew Names Version
Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Yisra'el.
International Standard Version
Go, instead, to the lost sheep of the nationhouse">[fn] of Israel.Isaiah 53:6; Jeremiah 50:6,17; Ezekiel 34:5-6,16; Matthew 15:24; Acts 13:46; 1 Peter 2:25;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
but go rather unto the sheep which have perished from the house of Isroel.
Murdock Translation
But, go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But go rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.
English Revised Version
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
World English Bible
Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Weymouth's New Testament
but, instead of that, go to the lost sheep of Israel's race.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but rather go ye to the scheep of the hous of Israel, that han perischid.
Update Bible Version
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
New English Translation
Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
New King James Version
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
New Living Translation
but only to the people of Israel—God's lost sheep.
New Life Bible
But go to the Jewish people who are lost.
New Revised Standard
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But be going, rather, unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But go rather to ye lost shepe of the housse of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But go rather to the lost shepe of the housse of Israel.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Go gather the lost cattle of Israel.

Contextual Overview

5 Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: Stay away from the Gentiles and don't go to any Samaritan town. 6 Go only to the people of Israel, because they are like a flock of lost sheep. 7 As you go, announce that the kingdom of heaven will soon be here. 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead to life, heal people who have leprosy, and force out demons. You received without paying, now give without being paid. 9 Don't take along any gold, silver, or copper coins. 10 And don't carry a traveling bag or an extra shirt or sandals or a walking stick. Workers deserve their food. 11 So when you go to a town or a village, find someone worthy enough to have you as their guest and stay with them until you leave. 12 When you go to a home, give it your blessing of peace. 13 If the home is deserving, let your blessing remain with them. But if the home isn't deserving, take back your blessing of peace. 14 If someone won't welcome you or listen to your message, leave their home or town. And shake the dust from your feet at them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

go: Matthew 15:24-26, Luke 24:47, Acts 3:26, Acts 13:46, Acts 18:6, Acts 26:20, Acts 28:25-28, Romans 11:11-15

lost: Matthew 18:11, Psalms 119:176, Isaiah 53:6, Jeremiah 50:6, Jeremiah 50:17, Ezekiel 34:6, Ezekiel 34:8, Ezekiel 34:16, Luke 15:3-10, 1 Peter 2:25

Reciprocal: Numbers 27:17 - as sheep Deuteronomy 22:1 - Thou shalt Judges 6:37 - only Ezekiel 3:4 - General Ezekiel 34:4 - sought Matthew 9:36 - as Matthew 15:21 - Tyre Matthew 22:3 - sent Mark 16:15 - Go Luke 19:10 - General John 4:4 - General Acts 8:5 - the city Acts 10:36 - word Acts 11:19 - to none Acts 13:26 - children

Cross-References

Genesis 9:22
Ham entered the tent and saw him naked, then went back outside and told his brothers.
1 Chronicles 4:40
and they found a lot of good pastureland that was quiet and undisturbed. This had once belonged to the Hamites,
Psalms 78:51
He killed the first-born son of each Egyptian family.
Psalms 105:23
Jacob and his family came and settled in Egypt as foreigners.
Psalms 105:27
to his people in Egypt, and they worked miracles and wonders there.
Psalms 106:22
and the fearsome things you did at the Red Sea.
Isaiah 11:11
When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.
Jeremiah 46:9
Go ahead, Egypt. Tell your chariots and cavalry to attack and fight hard. Order your troops to march out, with Ethiopians and Libyans carrying shields, and the Lydians armed with bows and arrows.
Ezekiel 27:10
Brave soldiers from Persia, Lydia, and Libya served in your navy, protecting you with shields and helmets, and making you famous.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. To whom he himself was sent, Matthew 15:24. By "the house of Israel" is meant the whole Jewish nation; for though this phrase, when distinguished from the house of Judah, designs only the ten tribes; yet here it intends all the Jews, then living in the land of Judea, among whom there were some of all the tribes: and by "the lost sheep" of this house, are meant either all the people of the Jews in general, who were wandering, and were lost in error and sin, and to whom the external ministry of the Gospel came; or rather the elect of God among them, for whose sake particularly the apostles were sent unto them. These are called "sheep", because they were chosen of God, and given to Christ to be redeemed, looked up, sought out, and saved by him; and "lost" ones, not only because lost in Adam, and by their own transgressions, so that neither they themselves, nor any mere creature, could save them from eternal ruin and destruction; but also, because they were made to go astray, and were lost through the negligence and errors of their pastors, the Scribes and Pharisees: and this character is the rather given of them, partly to reflect upon the characters of the shepherds of Israel: and partly to magnify the grace of God, in having regard to such ruined and miserable creatures; and also to excite the compassion and diligence of the apostles, to preach the Gospel to them: respect seems to be had to Jeremiah 1:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But go rather to the lost sheep ... - That is, to the Jews. He regarded them as wandering and lost, like sheep straying without a shepherd. They had been the chosen people of God; they had long looked for the Messiah; and it was proper that the gospel should be first offered to them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 10:6. But go rather to the lost sheep, c.] The Jewish Church was the ancient fold of God but the sheep had wandered from their Shepherd, and were lost. Our blessed Lord sends these under-shepherds to seek, find, and bring them back to the Shepherd and Overseer of their souls.


 
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