Revised Literal Translation

Matthew 10:6

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

Matthew 10:6 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
New International Version (NIV)Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
English Standard Version (ESV)but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
New King James Version (NKJV)But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Context of Matthew 10:6

4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 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: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

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Matthew 10:6 word by word

πορεύεσθε δὲ μᾶλλον πρὸς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.¶Read the interlinear

·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
Butδέde · thenG1161
goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
the lostἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
sheepπρόβατονprobaton · sheepG4263
of the houseοἶκοςoikos · house: householdG3624
of IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474

Cross-references for Matthew 10:6

Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 24:47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts 13:46Then 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.
Acts 18:6And 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.
Acts 26:20But 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.
Acts 28:25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,
Romans 11:11I 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.
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; And Yhwh hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Jeremiah 50:6My 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.
Ezekiel 34:6My 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.
Luke 15:3And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
1 Peter 2:25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Commentaries on Matthew 10:6

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6But go rather to the lost sheep, etc. - 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.Read the comment
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6But 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.Read the comment
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-15Verses 5-15 The Gentiles must not have the gospel brought them, till the Jews have refused it. This restraint on the apostles was only in their first mission. Wherever they went they must proclaim, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. They preached, to establish the faith; the kingdom, to animate the hope; of heaven, to inspire the love of heavenly things, and the contempt of earthly; which is at hand, that men may prepare for it without delay. Christ gave…Read the comment
Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6They are lost because their shepherds (leaders) neglected them (9:36; 15:24).Read the comment
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel--Until Christ's death, which broke down the middle wall of partition (Ep 2:14), the Gospel commission was to the Jews only, who, though the visible people of God, were "lost sheep," not merely in the sense which all sinners are (Is 53:6; 1Pe 2:25; compare with Lu 19:10), but as abandoned and left to wander from the right way by faithless shepherds (Jr 50:6, 17; Eze 34:2-6, &c.).Read the comment

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