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 multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and enter ye not into any city of the Samaritans.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

My people have 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 resting-place.

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

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

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

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

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:

General references

And he said to me, Son of man, depart, go to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.