Matthew 15:24
22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
23 But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- KJV
- But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- WEB
- But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- ASV
- But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- DARBY
- But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.
- BLB
- And answering, He said, “I was not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- ÅB
- Men han svarte og sa: «Jeg er ikke utsendt til andre enn de fortapte sauene av Israels hus.»
- OTB
- Han svarte: "Jeg er bare sendt til de bortkomne sauene i Israel."
- B1930
- Men han svarte og sa: Jeg er ikke utsendt til andre enn de fortapte får av Israels hus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 10:5–6
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
Read in contextRomans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
Read in contextActs 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:6–7
My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:5–6
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
Read in contextActs 3:25–26
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Read in contextEzekiel 34:16
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
Read in contextEzekiel 34:23
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
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