Matthew 15:24

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Summary

Matthew 15:24

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

I am not

General references

Ezekiel 3:4

Matthew 18:11

Luke 19:10

Bible References

I am not

Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans;

All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.

“My people have become lost sheep;

Their shepherds have led them astray.

They have made them turn aside on the mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their resting place.

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm the promises given to the fathers,

General references

Then He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.

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For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

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For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”