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Matthew 15:24

Israel and the nations

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.

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.

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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.

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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 forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

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  • Romans 15:8

    Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

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  • Acts 13:46

    Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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  • Jeremiah 50:6–7

    My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

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  • Ezekiel 34:5–6

    And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

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  • Acts 3:25–26

    Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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  • Ezekiel 34:16

    I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

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  • Ezekiel 34:23

    And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

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