Matthew 15:24
He answered and sayde: I am not sent but vnto the loost shepe of the housse of Israel.
Tyndale 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
25Then she came and worshipped him sayinge: master helpe me.
Cross References
Matthew 9:36But when he sawe the people he had compassion on the because they were pyned awaye and scattered abroade even as shepe havinge no shepherd.
Matthew 18:11Ye and the sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost.
Acts 3:25Ye are the chyldren of the Prophetes and of the covenaunt which God hath made vnto oure fathers sayinge to Abraham: Even in thy seede shall all the kinredes of the erth be blessed.
Romans 15:8And I saye that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the trueth of god to conferme the promyses made vnto 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 →