But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Treasury of Scripture I am not. Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad... Matthew 10:5,6 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles... Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Jeremiah 50:6,7 My people has been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains... Ezekiel 34:5,6,16,23 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered... Luke 15:4-6 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness... Acts 3:25,26 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham... 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... 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 to the fathers:
Context The Faith of the Canaanite Woman
21Then Jesus went there, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and sought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us. 24But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto 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.
Darby Bible Translation
But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.
King James Bible
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
and he answering said, 'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'
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