John 11:52
Good News Translation
and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.

New Revised Standard Version
and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God.

Contemporary English Version
Yet Jesus would not die just for the Jewish nation. He would die to bring together all of God's scattered people.

New American Bible
and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God that were dispersed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God that were dispersed.

not.

John 1:29 The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him; and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who taketh away the sin of the world.

John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself.

Psalm 22:15,27 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death. . . .

Psalm 72:19 And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.

Isaiah 49:6 And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Luke 2:32 A light to the revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.

Romans 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? yes, of the Gentiles also.

1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

Revelation 7:9,10 After this, I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. . . .

gather.

John 10:16 And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.

Psalm 102:22,23 When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 11:10-12 In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious. . . .

Isaiah 49:18 Lift up thy eyes round about, and see all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt be clothed with all these as with an ornament, and as a bride thou shalt put them about thee.

Isaiah 55:5 Behold thou shalt call a nation, which thou knewest not: and the nations that knew not thee shall run to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.

Isaiah 56:8 The Lord God, who gathereth the scattered of Israel, saith: I will still gather unto him his congregation.

Isaiah 60:4 Lift up thy eyes round about, and see: all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall rise up at thy side.

Matthew 25:31-34 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. . . .

Ephesians 1:9,10 That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him, . . .

Ephesians 2:14-22 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh: . . .

Colossians 1:20-23 And through him to reconcile all things unto himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, both as to the things that are on earth and the things that are in heaven. . . .

the children.

Hosea 1:10 And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

Acts 18:10 Because I am with thee and no man shall set upon thee, to hurt thee. For I have much people in this city.

Romans 4:17 (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

Romans 8:29,30 For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son: that he might be the Firstborn amongst many brethren. . . .

Romans 9:25,26 As in Osee he saith: I will call that which was not my people, my people; and her that was not beloved, beloved; and her that had not obtained mercy; one that hath obtained mercy. . . .

Ephesians 1:5 Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:

Ephesians 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord:

2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 0 . . .

that were.

Ezekiel 11:16,17 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because I have removed them far off among the Gentiles, and because I have scattered them among the countries: I will be to them a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come. . . .

Ezekiel 34:12 As the shepherd visiteth his flock in the day when he shall be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Ephesians 2:14-17 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh: . . .

James 1:1 James, the servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, elect,

Context
The Plot to Kill Jesus
51And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation. 52And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God that were dispersed. 53From that day therefore they devised to put him to death.…
Cross References
John 1:12
But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.

John 10:16
And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him.

1 John 3:2
Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God: and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just is not of God, or he that loveth not his brother.

John 11:51
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