Matthew 15:24
But he answered and said: I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 she came and did him homage, saying: Lord, help me.
Cross References
Matthew 9:36And when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and scattered as sheep that had no shepherd.
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man has come to save that which is lost.
Acts 3:25You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Romans 15:8Now, I say, that Jesus Christ, as a minister, was of the circumcision for the sake of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to 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 →