Matthew 15:24
Good News Translation
Then Jesus replied, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the people of Israel."

New Revised Standard Version
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said, "I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep."

New American Bible
He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep, that are lost of the house of Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep, that are lost of the house of Israel.

I am not.

Matthew 9:36 And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

Matthew 10:5,6 These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not. . . .

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Jeremiah 50:6,7 My people have been a lost flock, their shepherds have caused them to go astray, and have made them wander in the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place. . . .

Ezekiel 34:5,6,16,23 And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd and they became the prey of all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. . . .

Luke 15:4-6 What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it? . . .

Acts 3:25,26 You are the children of the prophets and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. . . .

Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.

Romans 15:8 For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Context
The Faith of the Canaanite Woman
23Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us: 24And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep, that are lost of the house of Israel. 25But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me.…
Cross References
Matthew 10:6
But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:23
Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:

Acts 3:26
To you first, God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you: that every one may convert himself from his wickedness.

Romans 15:8
For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Matthew 15:23
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