Matthew 15:24

and He answering said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Literal Standard 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

23And He did not answer her a word; and His disciples having come to Him, were asking Him, saying, “Let her away, because she cries after us”;

25And having come, she was worshiping Him, saying, “Lord, help me”;

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Cross References

Jeremiah 50:6My people have been a perishing flock, || Their shepherds have caused them to err, || Causing them to go back [on] the mountains, || They have gone from mountain to hill, || They have forgotten their crouching-place.

Ezekiel 34:16I seek the lost, and bring back the driven away, || And I bind up the broken, and I strengthen the sick, || And I destroy the fat and the strong, || I feed it with judgment.

Matthew 9:36And having seen the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd;

Matthew 18:11[[for the Son of Man came to save the lost.]]

Acts 3:25You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in your Seed will all the families of the earth be blessed;

Romans 15:8And I say Jesus Christ to have become a servant of circumcision for the truth of God, 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 →

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