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

But when he saw the people, he had compassion on them, because they were pined away, and scattered abroad, even as sheep having no shepherd.

These twelve did Jesus send, and commanded them, saying, "Go not into the ways that lead to the Gentiles, and in to the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not:

And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all.

My people hath been a lost flock. My shepherds have deceived them, and have made them go astray upon the hills. They have gone from the mountains to the little hill, and forgotten their fold.

Thus are they scattered here and there without a shepherd: yea, all the beasts of the field devour them, and they go astray.

"What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find him?

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

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, "It was meet that the word of God should first have been preached to you. But seeing ye put it from you, and think yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the gentiles.

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

General references

And he said unto me, "Thou son of man, get thee soon unto the house of Israel, and show them the words that I command thee.

Yea, and the son of man is come to save that which is lost.

For the son of man is come to seek, and to save that which was lost."