Matthew 15:24
But in answer He said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Family 35 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
25So she came and worshiped Him saying, “Lord, help me!”
Cross References
Matthew 9:36Seeing the crowds He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and prostrated, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 18:11For the Son of the Man came to save the lost.
Acts 3:25You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘Yes, in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Romans 15:8Now I say that Christ Jesus has become a minister to the circumcised on behalf of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises 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 →