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New Revised Standard

Matthew 10:6

but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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.
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
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.
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 twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.' 8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. 9 Take no gold, or silver, or copper in your belts, 10 no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for laborers deserve their food. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave. 12 As you enter the house, greet it. 13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.

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 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Genesis 10:8
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior.
Genesis 10:16
and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
1 Chronicles 4:40
where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful; for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
Psalms 78:51
He struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Psalms 105:23
Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
Psalms 105:27
They performed his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
Psalms 106:22
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
Jeremiah 46:9
Advance, O horses, and dash madly, O chariots! Let the warriors go forth: Ethiopia and Put who carry the shield, the Ludim, who draw the bow.

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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