Matthew 15:24
But Jesus answered and said, “I was not sent to anyone except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 bowed down before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 50:6My people have been a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray in the mountains; 1 they have turned them around from hill to hill. They went, they forgot the place where they had lived. 1
Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost and restore the outcast. I will bind up the broken sheep and heal the sick sheep but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd with justice.
Matthew 9:36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were troubled and discouraged. They were like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 18:11+ 18:11 The best ancient copies omit the sentence that some versions include at v. 11. For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost .
Acts 3:25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, as he said to Abraham, 'In your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'
Romans 15:8For I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision on behalf of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises given 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 →