COMPASSION

(See also Empathy; Forgiveness; Kindness; Mercy; Pity)

benefits: w17.09 12; w07 12/15 5-6

Christians: scl 21; cl 296-297; w17.08 23-25; w17.09 11-12; w07 12/15 4-7; w97 12/15 29; w94 11/1 16-22

toward fellow Christians: w23.07 4, 6; w21.09 22-23; w20.04 18-19; w20.07 24; w19.06 21-23

discussion: it-1 493; w07 12/15 3-7; w94 11/1 9-22

doctors:

compassion fatigue: g 5/14 11; g05 1/22 6-7; g05 11/8 30

elders: w94 11/1 21

examples:

Witness offers meal to homeless woman: w23.12 32

Witness rushed to another hospital: w12 7/1 20-21

field ministry: w18.09 32

compassion despite negative reaction: w18.07 27-29

expression of compassion: cf 156-160; w17.09 12; km 7/11 1; km 6/06 1; w05 7/1 17-18; w94 11/1 16-18

Jehovah: mwb24.09 14; cl 250-259; w21.09 22; w18.07 27; it-1 493; w17.09 8-12; w12 7/1 20-21; w07 12/15 4; w05 12/1 21; w03 7/1 18-19; w97 12/15 28-29; w94 11/1 9-15; w92 11/15 9-10

“compassions of God” (Ro 12:1): w07 7/1 22-23

for Lot: w20.04 18; w17.09 9

Jeremiah discerns: jr 122-123

Moses commissioned because of: w09 3/1 15

Jesus’, for afflicted: cf 150-160; cl 292-297; jy 65, 138, 317; w10 8/15 29-32; w08 2/15 16; w08 12/1 5; w93 4/1 15-16; gt chapter 57; w87 11/15 8-9; w86 12/1 11

leper in Galilee: jy 65; gt chapter 25; w86 4/15 8-9

widow of Nain: w23.04 5-6; cf 155-156; cl 295-296; w08 3/1 23; w95 3/1 7-8

Jesus, for spiritually needy: cf 156-158; w17.09 10; jy 68; w07 12/15 6; gt chapter 27; w86 5/15 8

imitating: w18.07 27-28

Jesus’ illustrations: w94 11/1 15

lack:

motorists ignore six-year-old (Italy): g90 12/8 29

Pharisees: w94 11/1 19

Law covenant: w96 9/1 10-11

meaning of term: cl 250-251, 253, 292; w17.09 8, 11; w07 12/15 4, 6

mothers: cl 250-251, 256

obstacles to: w94 11/1 19-20

Paul: w18.07 28-29

relationship to comfort: w23.11 10

when inappropriate: it-1 493; w17.09 10-11; w94 11/1 21

women: g98 4/8 9-10