Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy


Thematic Bible




Who is weak without my being weak? Whose conscience is hurt without my being fired with indignation? Verse ConceptsSympathyAdaptabilityWeakness

And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward." Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone


Another figure which he used with them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and buried in a bushel of flour until it had all risen." Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

And the owner's slaves came to him and said, 'Was not the seed good that you sowed in your field, sir? So where did these weeds come from?' Verse ConceptsFigurative FieldsGood PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Sowing Seeds







that there is no clash in the body, but its parts all alike care for one another. If one part suffers, all the parts share its sufferings. If a part has honor done it, all the parts enjoy it too.


Our forefathers worshiped God on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that the place where people must worship God is at Jerusalem." Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon him, and when he saw him he pitied him, Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeOutsidersTravelPeople Showing Mercy


To the overscrupulous I have become overscrupulous, so as to win the overscrupulous; I have become everything to everybody, so as by all means to save some of them. Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility





As he approached the city and saw it, he wept over it, and said, "If you yourself only knew today the conditions of peace! But as it is, they are hidden from you.






and a number of Jews had come out to see Mary and Martha, to condole with them about their brother. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBurials, FeaturesVisitingComfort, Of Friends