Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy


Thematic Bible




Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led astray without my burning with indignation? Verse ConceptsSympathyAdaptabilityWeakness

And, if any one gives but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because he is a disciple, I tell you that he shall assuredly not lose his reward." Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone


This was another parable which Jesus related-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like some yeast which a woman took and covered up in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen." Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

On this the owner's servants came to him, and said 'Was not it good seed that you sowed in your field? Where, then, do the tares in it come from?' Verse ConceptsFigurative FieldsGood PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Sowing Seeds







As to secure that there should be no disunion in the body, but that the parts should show the same care for one another. If one part suffers, all the others suffer with it, and if one part has honor done it, all the others share its joy.


"It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem." Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

But a Samaritan, traveling that way, came upon the man, and, when he saw him, he was moved with compassion. Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeOutsidersTravelPeople Showing Mercy


To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men, so as at all costs to save some. Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility





When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said: "Would that you had known, while yet there was time--even you--the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.






A number of the Jews had come there to condole with Martha and Mary on their brother's death. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBurials, FeaturesVisitingComfort, Of Friends