Matthew 15:24
But he answered and said to them: I am not sent, except to the sheep that have strayed from the house of Israel.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
25And she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord.
Cross References
Matthew 9:36And when Jesus looked on the multitudes, he pitied them; because they were wearied and dispersed, like sheep that have no shepherd.
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man, hath come to give life to that which was lost.
Acts 3:25Ye are the children of the prophets: and that covenant which God made with our fathers, when he said to Abraham, that in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed,
Romans 15:8Now I say, that Jesus Messiah ministered to the circumcision, in behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promise 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 →