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Matthew 10:6–7

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But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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From verse 6

  1. Jeremiah 50:6Rank 1 from verse 6
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    6My 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.

  2. Ezekiel 34:6Rank 2 from verse 6
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    6My 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.

  3. 1 Peter 2:25Rank 3 from verse 6
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    25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

  4. Isaiah 53:6Rank 4 from verse 6
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    6All 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.

  5. Acts 13:46Rank 5 from verse 6
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    46Then 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.

  6. Psalms 119:176Rank 6 from verse 6
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    176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

  7. Matthew 15:24–26Rank 7 from verse 6
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    24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

    25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

    26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.

  8. Acts 28:25–28Rank 8 from verse 6
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    25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

    26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

    27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

    28Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

  9. Acts 3:26Rank 9 from verse 6
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    26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

  10. Ezekiel 34:8Rank 10 from verse 6
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    8As 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;

  11. Luke 15:3–10Rank 11 from verse 6
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    3¶ And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

    4What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

    5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

    7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

    8¶ Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

    9And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

    10Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

  12. Romans 11:11–15Rank 12 from verse 6
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    11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

    12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

    13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

    14If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

    15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

  13. Ezekiel 34:16Rank 13 from verse 6
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    16I 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.

  14. Matthew 18:10Rank 14 from verse 6
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    10Take 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.

  15. Acts 18:6Rank 15 from verse 6
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    6And 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.

  16. Acts 26:20Rank 16 from verse 6
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    20But 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.

  17. Luke 24:47Rank 17 from verse 6
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    47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

  18. Jeremiah 50:17Rank 18 from verse 6
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    17¶ 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.

From verse 7

  1. Acts 28:31Rank 1 from verse 7
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    31Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

  2. Matthew 3:2Rank 2 from verse 7
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    2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  3. Luke 9:60Rank 3 from verse 7
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    60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

  4. Matthew 4:17Rank 4 from verse 7
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    17¶ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  5. Luke 10:9–11Rank 5 from verse 7
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    9And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

    10But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

    11Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

  6. Luke 16:16Rank 6 from verse 7
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    16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

  7. Luke 9:2Rank 7 from verse 7
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    2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

  8. Isaiah 61:1Rank 8 from verse 7
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    1THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  9. Luke 9:6Rank 9 from verse 7
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    6And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.

  10. Mark 6:12Rank 10 from verse 7
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    12And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

  11. Matthew 11:1Rank 11 from verse 7
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    1AND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

  12. Matthew 21:31Rank 12 from verse 7
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    31Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

  13. Matthew 21:43Rank 13 from verse 7
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    43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

  14. Acts 10:25Rank 14 from verse 7
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    25And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

  15. Acts 4:2Rank 15 from verse 7
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    2Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

  16. John 3:2Rank 16 from verse 7
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    2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

  17. Matthew 11:11–12Rank 17 from verse 7
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    11Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

    12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

  18. Matthew 23:13Rank 18 from verse 7
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    13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

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Matthew 10:6

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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lost

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Sense 1: Missing, strayed, or unable to be found. Sense 2: Ruined, destroyed, or deprived of what was possessed.

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sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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Matthew 10:7

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

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heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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10:1AND when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

10:2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

10:3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus;

10:4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

10:5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

10:6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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10:7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

10:9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

10:11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

10:12And when ye come into an house, salute it.

10:13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

10:14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

10:15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

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