Matthew 10:6 Cross References - Murdock

⁶ But, go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

²⁴ But he answered and said to them: I am not sent, except to the sheep that have strayed from the house of Israel. ²⁵ And she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord. ²⁶ Jesus said to her: It is not proper, to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs.

¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their angels in heaven, at all times, are beholding the face of my Father who is in heaven.

³ And Jesus spoke to them this similitude: ⁴ What man among you, that hath a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the desert, and go and seek for that which is lost, until he find it? ⁵ And when he findeth it, he rejoiceth, and taketh it upon his shoulders; ⁶ and he cometh home, and he calleth together his friends and neighbors, and saith to them: Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep that was lost. ⁷ I say to you, that there will thus be joy in heaven, over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just ones, to whom repentance was not necessary. ⁸ Or what woman is there, who, if she have ten drachmas, and lose one of them, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search for it carefully, until she find it? ⁹ And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, and saith to them: Rejoice with me, for I have found my drachma that was lost. ¹⁰ I say to you, That there will thus be joy, before the angels of God, over one sinner that repenteth.

⁴⁷ and that, in his name, repentance for the remission of sins should be preached among all nations, and that the commencement be at Jerusalem.

²⁶ he hath first established to you: and God hath sent his Son to bless you, if ye will be converted, and repent of your wickedness.

⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas said openly: To you first, ought the word of God to be spoken; but because ye repel it from you, and decide, against yourselves, that ye are not worthy of life eternal, lo, we turn ourselves to the Gentiles.

⁶ And he shook his garments, and said to them: Henceforth I am clean; I betake myself to the Gentiles.

²⁰ but I preached from the first to them in Damascus, and to them in Jerusalem and in all the villages of Judaea; and I preached also to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and should turn to God, and should do the works suitable to repentance.

²⁵ And they went out from him, disagreeing among themselves. And Paul addressed to them this speech: Well did the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of Isaiah the prophet, speak concerning your fathers, ²⁶ saying: Go unto this people, and say to them, Hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and ye will see, and will not comprehend. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is stupefied, and their hearing they have made heavy, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be converted unto me, and I should forgive them. ²⁸ Therefore, be this known to you, that to the Gentiles is this redemption of God sent: and, moreover, they will hear it.

¹¹ But I say: Have they so stumbled as to fall entirely? Far be it. Rather, by their stumbling, life hath come to the Gentiles, for awakening their jealousy. ¹² And if their stumbling was riches to the world, and their condemnation riches to the Gentiles; how much more their completeness? ¹³ But it is to you Gentiles, I am speaking: as I am a legate to the Gentiles, I honor my ministry; ¹⁴ if, perhaps, I may provoke emulation in the children of my flesh, and may vivify some of them. ¹⁵ For if the rejection of them, was a reconciliation of the world; what will their conversion be, but life from the dead?

²⁵ For ye, once went astray, like sheep; but ye have now returned to the Shepherd and Curator of your souls.