Matthew 10:5-6

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

⁵ _u These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of _z the Samaritans, ⁶ _a but go rather to _b the lost sheep of _c the house of Israel.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 10:1
   And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Kings 17:24
   And the king of Assyria brought people from Bab...
   Ezra 4:10
   And the rest of the nations whom the great and ...
   Luke 9:52
   And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went a...
   Luke 10:33
   But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where...
   Luke 17:16
   And he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving ...
   John 4:9
   The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it tha...
   John 4:39 - 40
   Many Samaritans from that town believed in him ...
   John 8:48
   The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in say...
   Acts 8:25
   Now when they had testified and spoken the word...
   Acts 1:8
   But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit...
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 15:24
   He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
   Acts 3:25 - 26
   You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
   Acts 13:46
   And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 119:176
   I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
   Isaiah 53:6
   All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - every one - to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
   Jeremiah 50:6
   My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.
   Matthew 9:36
   When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
   Matthew 18:12
   What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 2:36
   Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.
   Acts 7:42
   But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: "'Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
   Hebrews 8:8
   For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
   Hebrews 8:10
   For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.