The Compassion and Sympathy of Christ
17 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
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An Encouragement to Prayer
- Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Manifested for The: Afflicted
- Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”
- John 11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- John 11:35 Jesus wept.
Manifested for The: Diseased
- Matthew 14:14 When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
- Mark 1:41 Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
Manifested for The: Perishing Sinners
- Matthew 9:36 When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
- Luke 19:41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
- John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Manifested for The: Poor
- Mark 8:2 “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
Manifested for The: Tempted
- Hebrews 2:18 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Manifested for The: Weak in Faith
- Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
- Matthew 12:20 A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
Manifested for The: Weary and Heavy-Laden
- Matthew 11:28–30 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. …
Necessary to his Priestly office
- Hebrews 5:2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.
- Hebrews 5:7 During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
Related topics
Compassion and SympathyGentleness of Christ
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.