Matthew 10:6

Geneva Bible

But goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.

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.

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.

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

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
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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 These twelue did Iesus send forth, & commaunded them, saying, Goe not into the way of of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter yee not: ⁶ But goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel. ⁷ And as ye goe, preach, saying, The kingdome of heauen is at hand. ⁸ Heale the sicke: cleanse the lepers: raise vp the dead: cast out the deuils. Freely ye haue receiued, freely giue. ⁹ Possesse not golde, nor siluer, nor money in your girdels, ¹⁰ Nor a scrippe for the iourney, neither two coates, neither shoes, nor a staffe: for the workeman is worthie of his meate. ¹¹ And into whatsoeuer citie or towne ye shall come, enquire who is worthy in it, and there abide till yee goe thence. ¹² And when yee come into an house, salute the same. ¹³ And if the house be worthy, let your peace come vpon it: but if it be not worthie, let your peace returne to you. ¹⁴ And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare your woordes, when yee depart out of that house, or that citie, shake off the dust of your feete.

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
And when Ham the father of Canaan sawe the nakednesse of his father, he tolde his two brethren without.

Genesis 10:8
And Cush begate Nimrod, who began to be mightie in the earth.

Genesis 10:16
And Iebusi, and Emori, and Girgashi,

1 Chronicles 4:40
And they found fat pasture and good, and a wide land, both quiet and fruitfull: for they of Ham had dwelt there before.

Psalms 78:51
And smote al the firstborne in Egypt, euen the beginning of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham.

Psalms 105:23
Then Israel came to Egypt, and Iaakob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

Psalms 105:27
They shewed among them the message of his signes, and wonders in the land of Ham.

Psalms 106:22
Wonderous woorkes in the lande of Ham, and fearefull things by the red Sea.

Isaiah 11:11
And in the same day shall the Lord stretche out his hand againe the second time, to possesse the remnant of his people, (which shalbe left) of Asshur, and of Egypt, & of Pathros, and of Ethiopia, and of Elam, and of Shinear, and of Hamath, and of the yles of the sea.

Jeremiah 46:9
Come vp, ye horses, and rage ye charets, and let the valiant men come foorth, the blacke Mores, and the Lybians that beare the shield, and the Lydians that handle and bend the bowe.

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.