Matthew 15:24
But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
In Context
25But having come, she worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Cross References
Jeremiah 50:6My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting-place.
Ezekiel 34:16I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justic
Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.
Acts 3:25Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed.
Romans 15:8And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:22-29
The Canaanite's Daughter Healed. 21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came… Read the whole commentary →