Thematic Bible: Of mercy and help


Thematic Bible



I was a stranger and you did not take me in. I was naked and you did not dress me. I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

for he did not remember to be kind. He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.



You have not strengthened those that were weak, healed those who were sick, or bandaged those who were injured. You have not brought back those who strayed away or looked for those who were lost. You have ruled them harshly and violently.

Warning! I will allow a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are perishing, and will not seek those that are scattered. This shepherd will not heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is hungry. He will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, used to be brought to the rich man's door. He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores.